Elaine Marieb College of Nursing Faculty Publication Series
Publication Date
2020
Journal or Book Title
Nursing Outlook
Abstract
Sensor technologies for health care, research, and consumers have expanded and evolved rapidly. Many technologies developed in commercial or engineering spaces, lack theoretical grounding and scientific evidence to support their need, safety, and efficacy. Theory is a mechanism for synthesizing and guiding knowledge generation for the discipline of nursing, including the design, implementation, and evaluation of sensors and related technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. In this paper, three nurse scientists summarize their presentations at the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science 2019 Advanced Methods Conference on Expanding Science of Sensor Technology in Research discussing the theoretical underpinnings of sensor technologies development and use in nursing research and practice. Multiple theories with diverse epistemological roots guide decision-making about whether or not to apply sensors to a given use; development of, components of, and mechanisms by which sensor technologies are expected to work; and possible outcomes.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2020.04.007
Pages
698-710
Volume
68
Issue
6
License
UMass Amherst Open Access Policy
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Gance-Cleveland, Bonnie; McDonald, Catherine C.; and Walker, Rachel K., "Use of theory to guide development and application of sensor technologies in Nursing" (2020). Nursing Outlook. 234.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2020.04.007