1. Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: Overview of A Modern Model for Practice
Ferris State University
NURS501
Kelli Benson
Heather Deal
Thomas Kane
Hazel Lim

2. Objectives
To explain an overview of Dr. Rozzano Locsin’s Theory of Technological Competence as Caring in Nursing
To describe how the theory defines the nursing metaparadigm concepts
To discuss an abbreviated analysis of the theory
To explain the results of a study which incorporates Locsin’s theory
To illustrate the practical application of Dr. Locsin’s theory to present and future nursing practice
To discuss the link between nursing theory and practice

3. Overview
“Technological competency as caring in nursing is a conceptual model that presents the link between technology and caring in nursing as coexisting harmoniously” (Locsin, 2005, p. 6).

4. Metaparadigm Concepts
Nursing
“Nurses value technological competency as an expression of caring in nursing” (Locsin, 2013).
Health
Humanity is preserved by technology
“An experience that is often expressed in terms of wellness and illness, and may occur in the presence or absence of disease” (Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, 2010, p. 65)

5. Metaparadigm Concepts
Environment
Environment as the technological world in which we live
Person
Patients seen as “participants in their care rather than object of nurse care” (Locsin, 2013).
Describes persons as human beings who are whole and complete in any moment (Locsin, 2005)

6. Analysis
Accuracy
Simplicity
Scope

7. Analysis
Acceptance
Socio-cultural Utility

8. Knowing the occasion of a peaceful death in intensive care units in Thailand
Kongsuwan, W., Locsin, R., & Schoenhofer, S. (2011).
Nursing and Health Sciences, 13,

9. Description of the Article
“The purpose of this study was to describe how nurses know the occasion of a peaceful death” (Kongsuwan, W., Locsin, R., & Schoenhofer, S., (2011) p1.
The study is qualitative
Four areas of patient knowing are identified in the study
Visual Knowing
Technological Knowing
Intuitive Knowing
Relational Knowing

10. How is the theory reflected in this research?
Know who is the person not what is the person (Locsin, 2001)
Caring through technological competency is used to know a person in their wholeness (Locsin, 2001)
The nurse, with all of the technological expertise, accepts the patient fully as a human being (Locsin, 2001)

11. How would the study have been different without the framework of Locsin’s theory?
Locsin’s framework is needed to incorporate knowing of the patient in their wholeness during the dying process
Patient and family experiences may not have been as positive
Without Locsin’s theory as a framework, the results may been purely anecdotal or data based from the use of technology

12. Practical Application
May have more practical use in highly technological areas of nursing:
Emergency Departments
Labor and Delivery
Intensive Care Units
Surgery
Labor and Delivery Example:

13. What is the link between theory and practice?
Nursing theories can provide a basis for practice for nurses by guiding nurses in their:
Organization, analysis and understanding of patient data
Decisions about nursing interventions
Planning of patient care
Prediction of outcomes of care
Evaluation of patient outcomes
(Tomey and Alligood, 2002)

14. Theory and practice cont’d
Use of nursing theory may also provide direction for future research
“The scientific body of nursing knowledge is growing…and it is every nurses’ responsibility to facilitate the use of nursing knowledge in practice (LoBiondo, Wood & Haber, 2006, p.442)

15. References
American Nurses Association. (2010). Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice.
Silver Spring, MD: Nursebooks.org.
Dudley-Brown, S. L. (1997). The evaluation of nursing theory: a method for our
madness. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 34(1),
Kongsuwan, W., Locsin, R., & Schoenhofer, S. (2011). Knowing the occasion of a
peaceful death in intensive care units in Thailand. Nursing and Health
Sciences, 13, 41-46
Locsin, R. C. (2005). Technological competency as caring in nursing: A model
for practice. Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International.
Locsin, R. C. (2013). Technological competency as caring in nursing: Maintaining
humanity in a high-tech world of nursing. Journal of Nursing and Health
Sciences, 7(1). Retrieved from
templateone/Documents/Vol7No1/001.pdf .