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Aim: To determine critical care nurses’ attitudes towards technology. Methods: This descriptive study was carried out with 69 nurses who had been working in intensive care units of a university hospital. Data were collected by a questionnaire to determine nurses’ demographic characteristic and ’Technology Attitude Scale’. Results: The mean age of nurses was 26.48 years, with a standard deviation 4.77 years. Of the nurses in the study, 30.4% were male, 69.6% were female and 53.5% had graduated from bachelor degree. The mean score of ’Technology Attitude Scale’ of the critical care nurses was found to be 3.67±0.54. There was no significant difference between critical care nurses’ gender, education and working year in nursing and the mean score of the scale (p>0.05). İletişim : [email protected] Yoğun Bakım Hemşirelerinin Teknolojiye İlişkin Tutumları Critical Care Nurses’ Attitudes towards Technology 37 Hacettepe Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Dergisi 2017, 4(2), 36-48 Conclusion: It was determined that nurses closely followed the technology, supported critical care units used technology and used new technologies in their interventions. However, it was found that critical care nurses were hesitant on their comments that technology could reduce interaction among people and technology could alineate from people.

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