Change may then be more likely. Physical change is a key preoccupation for health professions. MI is now well established with dedicated journals, with new titles emerging. Amid all these advances it is interesting to note that after many decades nursing still strives for scientific status. Especially in view of the often lack lustre performance of IT in nursing thus far.
Some people are verbalisers , whilst others are imagers .
The links below list some of the PROS and CONS of visualization in nursing. If you view the above 'pros' link you will find item 7 - the ' possibility of benefits' which is included out of tradition. A tradition within many computer projects of claiming benefits without a proper impact assessment or benefits realisation evaluation. As in many situations it is a combination of several factors that beg us to explore the possibilities. Explorers in other disciplines have already found their own new territories, verdant pastures for the knowledge gatherers.