You Are Excited by Evidence Supporting the Use of Personal

question 6

Multiple Choice

You are excited by evidence supporting the use of personal digital assistants at the patients' bedsides to improve documentation and patient outcomes.You have disseminated the information through discussions and emails and are now ready to begin the process of considering implementation on the unit.To develop positive attitudes toward the use and implementation of the technology,you would discuss your ideas with which of the following people (according to Rogers's [2003] diffusion of innovation theory) ?

• A) Harvey,registered nurse (RN),a technology guru,who enthusiastically tries out all new software.
• B) Beatta,RN,who thoughtfully considers evidence and regularly uses it to try new approaches in her practice.
• C) Carol,licenced practical nurse,who is positive about new ideas but relies on her friends for their ideas about whether to try something new.
• D) Somya,RN,a 10-year veteran of the unit,who wonders why technology should be used at all.He says that he will use it when there is no chance of security breaches.

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