Even though many nurses are familiar with the Internet and access it on a daily basis, there are some nurses who are familiar with other emerging technologies as it pertains to nursing and there are some nurses who feel that navigating the Internet is the only technology they need to know (Lupianez-Villanueva et al., 2011). There is more that needs to be done in order to bring all nurses up to a speed where they are competent and comfortable using information technology. Information technology must become a mandatory part of nursing curriculum in colleges and universities nationwide. There is a known shortage of workers in this field and the shortage will continue to grow if there is a growing reluctance to learn new technologies. As more and more newly educated nurses are entering the field, the lack of integrated technology nurses should decrease.

Technology integration in the nursing field was not a priority or probably not part of the nursing curriculum of a nurse who...

However, it is difficult to perform any type of job without the use of some type of technology. As older nurses are retiring and new nurses are taking their places, it is almost a certainty that they will be integrated and prepared for whatever the nursing profession holds in the near and distant future. This will be an added bonus for not only the nurses, but for all of the patients who will be under their care. And added bonus of technology integration is that patient records will be more secure and confidential as they should be.
References

Fetter, M.S. (2009). Baccalaureate nursing students' information technology competence -- Agency perspectives. Journal of Professional Nursing, 25(1), 42-49.

Lupianez-Villanueva, F., Hardy, M., Torrent, J. And Ficapal, P. (2011). The integration of information and communication technology into nursing. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 80(2), 133-140.