Locsin’s Technological Nursing as Caring Model

Born in 1954
Native of Dumaguete City
Filipino American Professor of Nursing at Tokushima University
Professor Emeritus at Florida Atlantic Univeristy Visiting Professor at universities in Thailand, Uganda, and the Philippines.
Known for the middle-range theory of “Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing”

American Academy of Nursing
Philippine American Academy of Science and Nursing
Published six books and numerous journals and articles relevant to nursing practice and research

Middle-range theory
Skilled demonstration of intentional, deliberate, and authentic activities by experienced nurses who practice in environments requiring tech
Balance patient care and technology

Process of knowing a person is guided by technological knowing in which persons are appreciated as participants in their care rather than as objects of care.

Both the nurse and the patient plan a mutual care process from which the nurse can organize a rewarding nursing practice that is resonsive to the patient’s desire for care.

The simultaneous practice of conjoined activities which are crucial to know persons. In this stage of the process is the alternating rhythm of implementation and evaluation.

Knowledge about the person that is derived from knowing, designing, and implementing further informs the nurses.

The nurse's attributes, characteristics, and actions provide care on behalf of or in conjunction with the client.

Using technology is the only way to know the person as a whole.
Understand data is only current at the moment invasive lines focus on the person at the moment to individualize care.
Vital signs using technologies in practice is one way to know person as a whole.
Understanding the data obtained is only current at the moment and will change because people are constantly changing.
Invasive lines help monitor small changes that could become detrimental to a person’s health, shows improvement to a person’s health, and helps in proving appropriate therapy.