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Technology, deskilling, and nurses: the impact of the technologically changing environment
1Home Health Department, Mary Lane Hospital, Ware, Massachusetts, USA.
ANS. Advances in Nursing Science
|June 1, 1996
Summary
Technological advancements in nursing from 1950-1990, influenced by a positivist view of skills and gender stereotypes, led to deskilling. A sociohistorical perspective on skill and gender offers a better understanding of technology's impact.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Studies
- Sociology of Technology
- History of Science and Technology
Background:
- Nursing experienced significant technological shifts between 1950 and 1990.
- Previous responses to technological change in nursing were influenced by specific philosophical and cultural viewpoints.