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Registered nurses’ experiences of information technology use in home health care - from a sustainable development perspective
Home health nursing, Borås municipality, Borås, Sweden.
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ, Dep. of Nursing Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0848-6098
2021 (English)In: BMC Nursing, E-ISSN 1472-6955, Vol. 20, no 1, article id 71Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development
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Background: The work of registered nurses in home health care is complicated and extensive, and information technology (IT) is used in everyday activities. Coordination between care and resource efficiency is important. There is a wealth of information that supports the notion of sustainable development, but what sustainable development means from the perspective of the registered nurse in home health care when using IT is limited. The term “sustainable development” is not clearly defined and is poorly researched in nursing. Sustainable development in this study includes the ecological, economic, social, technical and ethical dimensions. The aim of this study was to describe registered nurses’ experience of IT use in home health care through a sustainable development model. Methods: This study was conducted using ten semi-structured lifeworld interviews with registered nurses. The method employed was a qualitative content analysis with a deductive approach. The deductive approach consisted of a model of sustainable development. Results: Analysis of the interviews and the model of sustainable development provided categories: using IT from an ecological dimension, the registered nurses experienced reduced consumption and damage to the environment; using IT in the economical dimension, saving of time and resources was experienced; the use of IT affected social aspects such as the work environment and patient safety, and positive consequences, such as accessibility, were also mentioned; using IT from a technical dimension was characterized by the nurse’s attitude towards it – the registered nurses felt it improved the quality of care and gave users an overview of the organization; and from an ethical dimension, the registered nurses expressed the need for IT to be adaptable to the patient’s well-being and indicated that more awareness of risks in the care meeting may be needed. Conclusion: The findings are discussed based on the synergies and conflicts that arise between the different dimensions of sustainable development. IT intertwines and overlaps with, and within, the environment, economy, society, technology and ethics. Registered nurses in home health care want to conduct good and safe care, while using IT could benefit patients.

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BioMed Central, 2021. Vol. 20, no 1, article id 71
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-52474DOI: 10.1186/s12912-021-00583-6ISI: 000656148100001PubMedID: 33933055Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85105237928Local ID: GOA;;740835OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-52474DiVA, id: diva2:1554737
Available from: 2021-05-17 Created: 2021-05-17 Last updated: 2024-07-04Bibliographically approved

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