10^th World Holistic Nursing Conference

Tele Nursing

Telenursing and is also called telehealth or Telenursing. This is a type of gaining popularity due to the demand for greater access and convenience in health care. Technology is lead to the interaction of nurses with patients who reside in remote areas is the advancement of nursing. In Telenursing, telemedicine or telehealth technology is used to convey nursing care and conduct nursing practice. Now, patients can easily approaches their health care providers through video conferencing, instant messaging, email and other forms of technology. The major benefit of this nursing is its cost-efficiency. Other benefits related with telemedicine are quality care, flexibility, reduce distance, save travel time and help to solve increase shortage of nurses. Telehealth surrounds a wide range of applications, including Tele-consultations, Tele diagnosis, and Tele-pharmacy, e-health through the Web, telephone triage/telephone advice, tele-emergency support, disease management, and Tele homecare.