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Soriano GP, Yasuhara Y, Ito H, Matsumoto K, Osaka K, Kai Y, Locsin R, Schoenhofer S, Tanioka T. Robots and Robotics in Nursing. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:1571. [PMID: 36011228 PMCID: PMC9407759 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10081571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Technological advancements have led to the use of robots as prospective partners to complement understaffing and deliver effective care to patients. This article discusses relevant concepts on robots from the perspective of nursing theories and robotics in nursing and examines the distinctions between human beings and healthcare robots as partners and robot development examples and challenges. Robotics in nursing is an interdisciplinary discipline that studies methodologies, technologies, and ethics for developing robots that support and collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers in practice. Robotics in nursing is geared toward learning the knowledge of robots for better nursing care, and for this purpose, it is also to propose the necessary robots and develop them in collaboration with engineers. Two points were highlighted regarding the use of robots in health care practice: issues of replacing humans because of human resource understaffing and concerns about robot capabilities to engage in nursing practice grounded in caring science. This article stresses that technology and artificial intelligence are useful and practical for patients. However, further research is required that considers what robotics in nursing means and the use of robotics in nursing.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gil P. Soriano
- Department of Nursing, College of Allied Health, National University, Manila 1008, Philippines
- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8509, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8509, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8509, Japan
| | - Kazuyuki Matsumoto
- Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan
| | - Kyoko Osaka
- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nursing Course of Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
| | - Yoshihiro Kai
- Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Tokai University, Hiratsuka 259-1292, Japan
| | - Rozzano Locsin
- Department of Nursing, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8509, Japan
- Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
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- Department of Nursing, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8509, Japan
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