Organize equipment fairs to gain input from key users and stakeholders before purchases.

Examine performance of technology on challenging scenarios in a simulated setting with a small number (three to five) of untrained, representative users.⁴⁴

Mentor and oversee temporary (agency) nurses and other personnel (e.g., resident physicians) during first-time use of sophisticated technology.

Develop cogent arguments to administration to justify purchase of new equipment and technologies, balancing the cost of equipment (costs of purchase, training, and maintenance) against costs saved if equipment was not purchased.

Become critical users of technology by identifying problems early and communicating them to vendors and in-house biomedical engineering staff.

Report adverse events associated with medical devices to the Food and Drug Administration MAUDE reporting system and/or ECRI’s Problem Reporting System.⁴⁵

Serve as a resource person on your unit for new technologies by getting training early, communicating with vendors, training others on your unit, and offering to field questions as new technology is implemented.