Robot nurse era begins in intensive care units

A new one has been added to technological developments in the field of health. Intensive care robot nurses, which will gain functionality with artificial intelligence, will be able to take vital signs, administer medication, measure and evaluate respiration and oxygen. Robots, which can be used in all hospitals in Turkey a year after the artificial intelligence model is developed, will ease the workload of nurses.

The Innovation in Nursing Summit, organized for the fourth time this year by Beykent University Faculty of Health Sciences, was held at the Beylikdüzü campus of the university with the intense participation of healthcare professionals and students who are the healthcare professionals of the future. At the summit, 35 projects were presented to reduce the workload of healthcare professionals in the hospital environment. The most striking among the projects was the artificial intelligence intensive care robot nurse ADA. Department of Nursing Associate Professor Hamiyet Kızıl and Associate Professor Atınç Yılmaz developed the prototype of the project. After the artificial intelligence model is developed, it will be used in all hospitals within 1 year.

Stating that robots that can make vital signs such as pulse, oxygen and respiration will ease the workload of nurses, project developer Associate Professor Hamiyet Kızıl noted that with the introduction of robots in the field of health, nurses will be able to devote more time to their patients for care and therapeutic communication, which is their main job. Stating that technological developments are very important for the nursing profession, Kızıl said that there should be no misconception that robots will replace nurses, “There is no such thing that robots will replace nurses. Robots can never replace nurses. Because no one but humans can do care and therapeutic communication. Therefore, we have produced this technology so that the nurse can touch the patient more.”

35 PROJECTS PRODUCED

Noting that they have been developing projects that can be useful in the field of nursing with the summits they have held with their students for four years, Beykent University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Dr. Hamiyet Kızıl said, “We produced ideas to contribute to the nursing profession.” Dr. Hamiyet Kızıl said, “We produced ideas to contribute to the nursing profession. Anyway, idea is the first step of innovation. Then, in our classes, we worked on how to turn our students’ ideas into products. We came up with very good products. We produced 120 projects in the first three years, and we have 35 projects in this summit.”

“NURSES WILL BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEIR PATIENTS”

Giving information about the artificially intelligent intensive care robot nurse ADA, Kızıl said, “This is a project that we developed together with Atınç Yılmaz and received support from Akın Robot. The aim of this project is that nurses are health professionals with dependent roles. They lose a lot of time with functions such as giving medication and taking vital signs. Therefore, we developed this project so that this time is not lost, robots can do these jobs and nurses can spend more time with their patients for care and therapeutic communication, which is their main job. When the project is realized, our robot will fulfill the dependent roles of our nurses and our nurses will fulfill their independent roles.”

“ROBOTS WILL BE USED IN HOSPITALS 1 YEAR AFTER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS DEVELOPED”

Speaking about the function of the robot nurse, Kızıl said, “We have developed the prototype of this project. We are also developing an artificial intelligence model. The robot nurse will be able to take vital signs such as pulse, oxygen and respiration and then evaluate them. Artificial intelligence is needed to evaluate the information obtained and to know what to do next. After we develop our artificial intelligence model, we think it will be available in all hospitals within a year.”