“In an age where the scientific and the technological are weighed heavily (and often favourably) in human progress, the need to emphasize the humanizing ingredient of compassion . . . is urgent.” (Roach 1987, p.61)

This essay will disagree with the following statement. Science, technology and caring, in all its forms, are all essential to nursing practise; therefore compassion alone is not urgent. Recently Barnard and Sandelowski (2005) explained how “nurses can use both technology and humane care in response to the needs of their clients” (p.112). They go on to say, that when nurses “value and embrace caring practises along with expert knowledge it makes an enormous contribution to the health and wellbeing of their clients”. This paper will state the importance that technology and caring hold within the current health care system. It will further compare the roles of science, technology and caring behaviours and how they must be used together in modern nursing to......

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Title: Nursing - Compassion Versus Technology
Approximate Word Count: 1302
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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