1. How can the use of the nurse's personal communication devices impact patient care either positively or negatively? Are there ethical and legal implications? Locate an article and share a brief summary of that article with your classmates.
2. Andrea was working in the cardiac catheterization lab when a young woman undergoing a cardiac ablation started to have small seizures. The nurse noticed these symptoms and asked the physician to look at the patient. The physician asked Andrea to get his smart phone and film the seizures. This video message was sent to a neurologist, and he could tell from the video the part of the brain from which the seizures were emanating. This is one example of using technology. Does this count as safe care? Is there an app for that?
If you could develop an app to enhance safe nursing care, what would it be like?
3. Consider your own specialty of nursing or a nursing specialty in which you would like to someday practice. Search for resources about (a) the history of that nursing specialty and (b) the history of certification in that specialty.