GROUP 1

TECHNOLOGICAL
COMPETENCY AS CARING
IN NURSING
BY: ROZZANO LOCSIN
 ROZZANO LOCSIN

• A multi awarded Filipino American who was born in 1954 and a registered Nurse, a native of
Dumaguete City.

• He earned his PhD in Nursing from the University of the Philippines in 1988, and his MA in Nursing
and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Silliman University in the Philippines in 1978 and 1976
respectively

• A Professor of Nursing at Tokushima University (Japan), a Professor Emeritus of Florida Atlantic

University (United States), and a Visiting Professor at Universities in Thailand, Uganda, and the
Philippines.
OVERVIEW OF THE THEORY
Technological competency as caring is the
skilled demonstration of intentional,deliberate,
and authentic activities by experienced nurses
who practice in environments requiring
technological expertise. It is the harmonious
coexistence between technologies and caring
in nursing. The harmonization of these
concepts places the practice of nursing within
the context of modern healthcare and
acknowledges that these concepts can co-exist
 The Process of Nursing
• Knowing: The process of knowing person is guided
by technological knowing in which persons are
appreciated as participants in their care rather than as
objects of care.
• Designing: Both the nurse and the one nursed
(patient) plan a mutual care process from which the
nurse can organize a rewarding nursing practice that
is responsive to the patient’s desire for care.
• Participation in appreciation: The simultaneous
practice of conjoined activities which are crucial to
knowing persons. In this stage of the process is the
alternating rhythm of implementation and evaluation.
• Verifying knowledge:The continuous, circular process
demonstrates the ever-changing, dynamic nature of
knowing in nursing. Knowledge about the person that
is derived from knowing, designing, and
implementing further informs the nurse and the one
 PARADIGM CONCEPTS
There are four metaparadigm concepts:
• Health -Patient participate in their own health.
• Nursing - a discipline and a specialized practice that uses
technologies to individualize care to meet the unique needs of
the person.
• Environment - is in the surroundings that use technology. such Environment

as a critical care unit to understand the persons as a complete

moment by moment. Nursing

• Person - The person who is also the recipient of nursing care Person
has desires,dreams, and ambitions are to live life completely
as caring persons. Health
 NURSING IMPLICATIONS
In Rozanno Locsin’s Theory, the importance of technological competency among
nurses are very useful and significant.

The environment in which nurses practice today is remarkably different from the
way they practiced just few years ago.

As nursing heads in the direction of becoming more technology-focused, this

theory will only become more relevant.

In the current climate of nursing it is all too important for a nurse to be competent
in the use of technology.
 NURSING IMPLICATIONS
The lack of competence with the use of technology places patients at risk and has a
direct impact on the quality of care that they receive.

Technology is only going to become more integrated and complicated and this
theory works to address how it impacts patient care.

It is the responsibility of the nurse to use the many different technologies

competently in order to gain their patients trust.
 NURSING IMPLICATIONS
One example of Locsin’s theory as applied to nursing service:

Nurses treating patients on life sustaining machines must be proficient in the use
ofthe technologies and must focus their caring to the person and not to the
machines.

As nurses, it is important to realize our feelings towards these technologies and

understand the effect it has on our caring of patients.
Thanks for Listening!