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The Healing Touch: The gender
of nursing and the IT offensive
Explore the relationship of gender to the opposition between
hands-on patient care and patient monitoring mediated by
information technology. Current administrative technologies,
designed to control the work process and compile data,
may portend an increase in the surveillance, deskilling, and
displacement of RNs. At risk is the nurse's opportunity to learn
about the patient and gain trust through touch, jeopardizing
the nurse-patient relationship on which patient advocacy
depends. Celebration of hands-on patient care is essential
to maintaining the integrity of the nursing profession.
Faculty: Linette Davis
6.0 contact hours
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