LOCSIN’S TECHNOLOGICAL NURSING
AS CARING
- described nursing as “technological
competency as caring in nursing”
- focused on the proficient practice of
nurses using technologies to know
persons more fully as caring.
- only middle-range nursing theory that
specifically addresses technological
knowing within the harmonious
coexistence of nursing, technology, and
caring
-This practice theory is focused on
“knowing persons,” with key elements of
technological knowing, designing, and
participative engaging.
ABOUT THE THEORIST
- was born in March 25,1954
- a registered nurse, a native of
Dumaguete City, Philippines.
- BSN (1976) and MA in Nursing (1978) at
Siliman University.
- PhD at University of the
Philippines(1988)
- Professor in Nursing at Tokushima
University, Japan.
- Professor Emeritus at Florida Atlantic
University, U.S.A.
Book Publications
- Advancing Technology, Caring and
Nursing (2001)
- Technological Caring in Nursing: A
Model for Practice (2005)
- A Contemporary Process of Knowing:
The (Un)bearable Weight of Knowing in
Nursing (2009)
AWARDS
- 2000 - Fullbright Scholar to Uganda -
2004-2006- Fullbright Alumni Initiative
Award to Uganda • Fullbright Senior
Specialist in Global and Public Health
and International Development - Edith
Moore Copeland Excellence in Creativity
Award: Sigma Theta International
Lifetime Achievement Awards from
Schools of Nursing in the Philippines
ASSUMPTIONS
• Persons are caring by virtue of their
humanness
• Persons are whole or complete in the
moment
• Knowing persons is a process of
nursing that allows for continuous
appreciation of persons moment to
moment
• Technology is used to know wholeness
of persons moment to moment
• Nursing is a discipline and a
professional practice
TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCY AS
CARING IN NURSING
. The harmonious coexistence between
technologies and caring in nursing.
• Harmonization of these concepts co-
exists.
• Brings the patient closer to the nurse.
• The process of nursing is lived
DIMENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL
VALUE IN THE THEORY
1. Technology as completing human
beings- to reformulate the ideal human
being such as in replacement parts, both
mechanical(prostheses) or organic(organ
transplant).
2. Technology as machine technologies-
e.g. computers and gadgets enhancing
nursing activities to provide quality care. COMMUNITY

3. Technologies that mimic human PRACTICE

beings and human activities- to meet
demands of nursing care practices.
THE PROCESS OF NURSING
• People who are still whole or complete
as human beings, even if they are using
technology to live.

Knowing EDUCATION

-guided by technological knowing in • Technology is used to know the persons

which persons are appreciated as
participants in their care rather than
objects of care.
Designing
-The nurse and the patient plans a
mutual care process which the nurse can
organize a rewarding practice that is
responsive to the patient.
Verifying Knowledge
-derived from knowing, designing and
plementing further informs the nurse
and the one nursed.
Participation in appreciation
- Process of alternating rhythm of the
implementation and evaluation.
fully in the moment.
RESEARCH
• It fosters the recognition and
realization of persons as participants
rather than objects of care.
Summary
And for the summary of the theory. A
person is believed to be more than just a
sum of his parts. He is considered whole
whether sick or not. The nurse’s role is to
fully know the patient with the use of
technology; and that information from
technology use are utilized to care for
the patient and not to complete tasks. As
Locsin (2001) stated, “Nurses have always
used techniques and tools in meaningful
ways to achieve valued ends”

METAPARADIGM OF THE THEORY

NURSING

-"Nurses value technological competency

as an expression of caring in nursing"

HEALTH

-"Humanity is preserved by technology"

ENVIRONMENT

-"Environment as the technological

world in which we live"

PERSON

-"participants in their care rather than

object of nurse care"

ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURING