COMPUTER SCIENCE IN NURSING AS A RESOURCE OF COMMUNICATION AND HELP IN THE PRACTICE OF NURSING

Authors

  • Eliana Ofelia Llapa Rodríguez Universidade Federal do Amazonas
  • María Elena Echevarría Guanilo Universidade de São Paulo Brasil
  • Luciana Magnani Fernandes Universidade Estadual do Oeste de Paraná
  • Guedes Candundo Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.2871

Abstract

Nowadays the introduction of technologies like databases hardware, software and internet systems are being adapted in the health systems. Those resourcesarrived in Brazil on the 80s and since they have more diversified. Our objective is to reflect about the introduction of computer science and its use in the practice of nursing. Now the use of modern portable systems is available in many hospitals and clinics allowing the use of information in any time or place. The nurses use the computers mainly in administration caretaking of patients, education and research. The professionals of health and the society should consider the role of the computer as communicational facilitator and also as a tool to improve efficiency in the care of patients. Despite that there is much discussion about the possibility of dehumanization in the patients care. We mustremember that the computer is only an instrument to help in care and not a substitute of the nurse

|Abstract
= 244 veces | PDF (ESPAÑOL)
= 76 veces|

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Eliana Ofelia Llapa Rodríguez, Universidade Federal do Amazonas

Enfermeira. Doutora pela EERP/USP, Professor da Universidade Federal do Amazonas Brasil

María Elena Echevarría Guanilo, Universidade de São Paulo Brasil

Enfermeira, Doutoranda da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo Brasil

Luciana Magnani Fernandes, Universidade Estadual do Oeste de Paraná

Enfermeira, Doutora, Professor da Universidade Estadual do Oeste de Paraná - Cascavel – Brasil

Guedes Candundo, Universidade de São Paulo

Enfermeiro, Mestre pela Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Brasil

Published

2009-02-17

How to Cite

Llapa Rodríguez, E. O., Echevarría Guanilo, M. E., Magnani Fernandes, L., & Candundo, G. (2009). COMPUTER SCIENCE IN NURSING AS A RESOURCE OF COMMUNICATION AND HELP IN THE PRACTICE OF NURSING. Investigación Y Educación En Enfermería, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.2871

Issue

Section

REFLECTION ARTICLES / ARTÍCULO DE REFLEXION / ARTIGO DE REFLEXÃO

Most read articles by the same author(s)