McKnight’s Senior Living November 21, 2023
Among nursing students who expect to go into senior care, a majority support using new digital technology, according to a recent survey.
The biggest benefit of digital tech — such as telehealth — for these future caregivers is they feel it helps foster better communication between care team members, and improves the quality of care overall.
However, the nursing students warned that a lot of patience is required to help teach seniors how to use certain digital technologies, as well as to overcome the seniors’ fears of being scammed.
Parsing attitudes about tech among nursing students, and how those opinions might impact their training, could be an important part of deliberations around possible staffing mandates for nursing homes in...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor