Monday, May 7, 2012

Annotated Bibliography part 2

Goran, Susan, F. "Making The Move: From Bedside To Camera-Side." Critical Care Nurse 32.1

     (2012): e20-9. CINAHL with Full Text. Web. 7 May 2012.

Goran discusses the advantages of switching from a regular ICU to one that is referred to as tele-ICU. With tele-ICU, there is continuous monitoring of patients which helps provide better care than before while reducing some of the physical risks.

This article can be useful in explaining tele-ICU to gain a better understanding. Goran goes over a few different areas of tele-ICU and discusses how this is still an evolving idea. Nurses may require special training which is something that is pointed out as well.

This could be helpful to gain knowledge on tele-ICU. I will use it to provide background about this specific topic and how exactly it works in the intensive care unit.

Tariman, Joseph D. "Technological Advancements In Cancer Care." ONS Connect 23.7 (2008): 8-12.

     Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition. Web. 7 May 2012

This article is specifically about patients with cancer and the technological advancements that have been made with providing care to said individuals. Tariman goes over the use of hand held equipment that correctly identifies patients via a bar code and keeps track of drugs and when they need to take them.

This is a useful source because it tells of a situation where need technology has changed the way nursing staffs do things on a day to day basis. This source is different because it talks directly about cancer and all of the other things that I have found don't provide a specific disease.

An article like this has useful information but I think that with research paper, I might be able to use tidbits of information from this article. I wouldn't want to include too much information from this article just due to the fact that my paper is not about cancer.


Rajecki, R. "Eicu: Big Brother, Great Friend: Remote Monitoring Of Patients Is A Boon For Nurses,       Patients, And Families." Rn 71.11 (2008): 36-39. CINAHL with Full Text. Web. 7 May 2012

Rajecki explains in this article how some might feel that monitoring patients with cameras might be an issue of ethics. However, Rajecki talks of how monitoring patients with a close camera eye is now the best choice for patient care. Rajecki includes statements from hospital staff who use this new technology and who agree that this is the best type of patient care.

I think that this article might be a little biased because Rajecki only talks about how it might be an ethical issue in the first paragraph. I would like to know why people think it is unethical rather than just stating that some think so. It is useful even under that circumstance.

This article can be used in my paper to inform peers of the views of the staff who work with this equipment.

Diane Twedell, et al. "The Tele-ICU: A New Dimension In Critical Care Nursing Education And         Practice." Journal Of Continuing Education In Nursing 42.8 (2011): 342-343. CINAHL with         Full Text. Web. 7 May 2012

This article is a clear, detailed outline of tele-ICU. Diane discusses why hospitals are looking to make the switch to more advanced, carefully monitored ICU rooms. It also includes how nurses use the equipment and what kind of training they will need to even operate the system.

This is by far one of the more useful articles that I have found. This article includes more background on tele-ICU. This information seems very reliable and unbiased.

This will be helpful in writing my paper because I will be able to include some detailed information and that is what I feel makes a good paper. Also, this is the type of information that an academic peer might look for when they read my paper.

Reed, K. "Telemedicine: Benefits To Advanced Practice Nursing And The Communities They
      Serve." Journal Of The American Academy Of Nurse Practitioners 17.5 (2005): 176-                      180. CINAHL with Full Text. Web. 7 May 2012

This article is an overview of the use of telemedicine and the overall use of it. Reed talks about the evolution of telemedicine and how more members of the hospital staff are using it besides physicians. Reed also talks about the advantages of telemedicine including cost effectiveness and patient care.

This is a useful article in a different way than all the rest. It includes information on telemedicine besides tele-ICU like the rest of my resources. This takes a different angle on the situation but it doesn't include information about the negative side of telemedicine.

This fits into my research because it helps me shape a more informative paper. It provides background on telecare and how it should be used and the benefits of using telemedicine.

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