In this work, we wanted to assess nurses’ perceptions of robotics, as well as what impacted their perceptions. We were specifically interested in the impacts of prior experiences, a robot’s gender, and being shown a video of a specific telenursing robot, TRINA. To accomplish our goals, we interviewed registered nurses in a semi-structured format, and coded the data using ATLAS.ti. We found that nurses supported the use of robots for physical tasks. They did not support uses involving patient assessment or education. Nurses’ knowledge of technology informed their concerns about robotics, but it also served as a reference point. Nurses thought the gendering of a telenursing robot would not affect their views of it, but could affect a patient’s, particularly in gender-based stereotypes. Their preferred pronoun of “he”, “she”, “they”, or “it”, was “it”. They were not impacted by viewing a video of a telenursing robot. From our research, we developed a set of recommendations for implementation and design of nursing robots.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Cummings, Camden

Subject

• Health
• Innovation
• Industry

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050523-185406
• 109236

Advisor

• Telliel, Yunus Dogan
• Skorinko, Jeanine LM

Year

• 2023

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2023-05-05

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-050523-185406

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-09-07