NURSING ROLE RE-DEFINED IN ROBOTIC SURGERIES
December 1st, 2012
A NEW generation of intelligent, sensor-rich robots assisting in surgery have now radically re-defined the role of nursing, say experts.Shirley Martin, nurse practitioner in surgical technology at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, told the Nursing Standard her role has become a “highly specialised” one, “requiring an additional pair of eyes and ears to foresee technical issues that may occur before, during, or after” a robotic surgery.The Trust began using surgical robots in 2000 and earlier this year obtained the latest da Vinci Si ...
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