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Nursing in a technological environment: Nursing care in the operating room

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posted on 2023-05-16, 17:50 authored by Rosalind BullRosalind Bull, Fitzgerald, M
Operating room nurses continue to draw criticism regarding the appropriateness of a nursing presence in the operating room. The technological focus of the theatre and the ways in which nurses in the theatre have shaped and reshaped their practice in response to technological change have caused people within and outside the nursing profession to question whether operating room nursing is a technological rather than nursing undertaking. This paper reports findings from an ethnographic study that was conducted in an Australian operating department. The study examined the contribution of nurses to the work of the operating room through intensive observation and ethnographic interviews. This paper uses selected findings from the study to explore the ways in which nurses in theatre interpret their role in terms of caring in a technological environment.

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Publication title

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volume

12

Pagination

3-7

ISSN

1322-7114

Department/School

School of Health Sciences

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Place of publication

Oxford, UK

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  • Restricted

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Nursing

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