The Death Knell of Nursing?!

[Joe Hill]

call me a luddite, but the first three paragraph of this nyt article on the nursing shortage sends shivers down my spine. it portends the end of nursing as a viable career!!

the physician inventor of penelope the or robot is hoping that his one-armed robot will replace the nurse who hands the surgeon the instruments, freeing the nurse to give postoperative care !

you don't have to pay robots wages, health benefits, they don't complain about the pt load or organize unions. management must be salivating.

i don't think that they will be good pt advocates, comfort a dying child's family, you know all the good things we do that keep us working.

[Speculating]

originally posted by joe hill

call me a luddite, but the first three paragraph of this nyt article on the nursing shortage sends shivers down my spine. it portends the end of nursing as a viable career!!

the physician inventor of penelope the or robot is hoping that his one-armed robot will replace the nurse who hands the surgeon the instruments, freeing the nurse to give postoperative care !

you don't have to pay robots wages, health benefits, they don't complain about the pt load or organize unions. management must be salivating.

i don't think that they will be good pt advocates, comfort a dying child's family, you know all the good things we do that keep us working.

joe, friend, you just have way to much time on your hands.

[Sheri257]

Doesn't worry me too much. Let's see if the FDA approves it.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Joe - I agree - you have waaaayyy tooo much time.

[Geeg]

HMMMM. What will the robot due when the surgeon throws instruments and has tantrums? They will need some special software for those situations.

[shodobe]

I will be long gone before that heap of metal replaces me!

Mike

[Rapheal]

I am interested in a robot that changes bed pans. I might like her.

[ainz]

It used to be said, "They'll never replace the horse."

[Sheri257]

Originally posted by ainz

It used to be said, "They'll never replace the horse."

True. You never know what can happen.

[AmyLiz]

I wouldn't sweat it too much. There are much more pressing issues in nursing to worry about at the moment.

[Zee_RN, BSN, RN]

Originally posted by Rapheal

I am interested in a robot that changes bed pans. I might like her.

Me too. Or a robot that can restrain a detox patient. That would be cool.

[caroladybelle, BSN, RN]

But what will it do when someone pees on its software?

Does it require malpractice insurance?

How many different dialects of Spanish does it know?

And do you really want it to do your disempaction/enemas til clear?