Do nurses use computers?
Computers are an essential tool in health care, just as they are in almost every professional work setting these days. Having a good working understanding of computers is a real asset for nurses. Computers are used for everything from tracking patient care to communicating patients conditions with doctors offices and other members of the patient care team. Most diagnostic equipment and hundreds of operating room devices are computerized. Almost every patient room is equipped with computers that monitor heart rhythms or other body functions. There s even a new specialty area called nursing informatics, which is the integration of nursing science, computer science, and information science to collect and manage data to support nursing.
