Technological advances in health care:
A. make a nurse's job easier.
B. depersonalize bedside patient care.
C. threaten the integrity of the health care industry.
D. do not replace sound personal judgment.
D
Technological advances influence how and where nurses provide patient care; however, technology does not replace a nurse's critical eye and clinical judgment.
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