TECHNOLOGY AND NURSING - AN ANATOMY OF DEFINITION

This paper discusses technology in relation to nursing practice develo pment in order to demonstrate the need to apprehend nursing within the context of technological advancement. Issues pertinent to formulating an understanding of technology are reviewed and four common approache s to the definition of technology within the domain of nursing are cri tiqued. The purpose of the paper is to analyse issues relevant to defi ning technology, and to make obvious the limitations of current nursin g literature. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.