Exoskeletons in Nursing and Healthcare: A Bionic Future

This editorial summarizes the emergence of bionic technology in the form of exoskeletons and how these wearable robotics are and could be applied in the nursing profession to improve the occupational health of nurses and deliver patient care. The benefits, risks, and limitations of these novel techn...

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Autor principal: O’Connor, Siobhan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Guest Editorial
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8458665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34369180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10547738211038365
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spelling pubmed-84586652021-09-24 Exoskeletons in Nursing and Healthcare: A Bionic Future O’Connor, Siobhan Clin Nurs Res Guest Editorial This editorial summarizes the emergence of bionic technology in the form of exoskeletons and how these wearable robotics are and could be applied in the nursing profession to improve the occupational health of nurses and deliver patient care. The benefits, risks, and limitations of these novel technologies are also briefly discussed. SAGE Publications 2021-08-08 2021-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8458665/ /pubmed/34369180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10547738211038365 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_short Exoskeletons in Nursing and Healthcare: A Bionic Future
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8458665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34369180
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