Telenursing will enhance the nurse-patient relationship because it allows for personal individual attention, it can addresses and/or manage chronic diseases such as diabetes or hypertension, it allows for early detection of complications, and it can provide safe and low-cost health services.
According to Hutcherson, telenursing provides adjunct care and can be done through a phone conversation, two-way interactive video, or using high tech equipment (Hutcherson, 2001). Telenursing not only eliminates the need for travel, which can allow for more time to be spent with the patient, additionally, it allows the nurse to spend more time reviewing and/or reinforcing the patient's treatment plan, provide clarification for questions the patient
According to Hutcherson, telenursing provides adjunct care and can be done through a phone conversation, two-way interactive video, or using high tech equipment (Hutcherson, 2001). Telenursing not only eliminates the need for travel, which can allow for more time to be spent with the patient, additionally, it allows the nurse to spend more time reviewing and/or reinforcing the patient's treatment plan, provide clarification for questions the patient