Description Technology and Nursing Practice explains and critically engages with the practice implications of technology for nursing. It takes a broad view of technology, covering not only health informatics, but also 'tele-nursing' and the use of equipment in clinical practice. Contents Introduction Advancing the Meaning of Nursing and Technology; A.Barnard Technological Competency as Caring: A Model for Nursing Practice; R.Locsin & A.Barnard Intensive Care and Technology: Neonatal and Adult Nursing Practice; D.Raines & K.Keller Ethical Implications of Technology on the Patient-Nurse Interaction; S.Beidler & S.Chase Paediatric Community Nursing: The Experience of Caring for Technology Dependent Children at Home; K.Wang, A.Barnard & M.Somerville Robots and Nursing: Concepts, Relationships and Practice; A.Campling, T.Tanioka & R.Locsin Telematics in Health and Nursing: The United Kingdom Experience; P.Proctor Computer Utilisation in Patient Care Systems; J.Lopez-Devine & R.Sherman Informatics, Information and Nursing: A Critical Examination; M.Conrick & B.Ribbons Technological Change and Nursing: A Labour Process Theory Approach to the Social Shaping of Nursing Work; C.Windsor Research and Scholarship for Technology and Nursing; A.Barnard Technological Caring as a Dynamic of Complexity in Nursing Practice; M.Ray Author Biographies ALAN BARNARD RN, BA, MA, PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Alan has pub