First.... Cheers to Nurses Week 2025!

I am writing this on May 6th, 2025, the very first day of Nurses Week each year. Nurses Week is a special time of year where the work and efforts of nurses are highlighted in a variety of ways. 

I remember being in nursing school and the Professors would use an overhead projector to write on the screen for us to take notes in our seats. They used markers that would wipe off with a wet paper towel and continue throughout the entire lecture with these transparencies (that is what they were called - if you know, you know (IYKYK :) ). We used microscopes in Anatomy and Physiology and Microbiology Exams. Health Assessment taught us how to use a stethoscope. We had calculators in our pockets to help with medication calculations on our clinical rotations.

The overhead projector, microscope, stethoscope and calculator may not have been thought of technology tools in nursing care delivery. However, they are technological solutions, that once were not ava...