The theoretical development of Technological Competency as an Expression of Caring in Nursing by Locsin is grounded in his interests, other theorists, and the influences of personalities. His unparalleled commitment to improving nursing practice is manifested by his work and endeavors.

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Most of his researches focus on the enigmatic phenomena of “life transitions”. His appreciation of life transitions in nursing motivates him to advance his expertise. To name a few, this includes understanding life processes among the elderly, the use of complementary pain management among post-operative patients, and understanding of the living situations where practice responds to the demand of technological advancement and caring in nursing. He believes that these nursing phenomena are best revealed through research (Rozzano Locsin Biography, n.d.). His fervent interest in this area pressed his inquisitiveness, that eventually enables him to lays the groundwork to develop his theory.

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Secondly, another basis for the foundation of his theory is the Theory of Nursing as Caring by Boykin and Schoenhoffer (Locsin, n.d). The primary concern of nursing is caring that should be uniquely and knowingly expressed. In this theory, the focus of nursing is nurturing a person’s living and growing by the virtue of caring. Caring is expressed as an intentional and authentic presence of a nurse in enhancing personhood (Themes, 2017). In Locsin’s perspective, caring in nursing can also be expressed by technological competencies which is described as the cooccurrence of technology and nursing care (Locsin, n.d)

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Locsin has been influenced also by Martin Heidegger – a German Philosopher who evaluates technology and how it placed the world. He expressed concern on the use of technology without critical evaluation of its ramifications and the future’s full acceptance of technology (DeJonge et al., n.d). This serves as one of the guiding principles in this theory development and to further understand the challenges of nurses within a technology-rich environment. (Locsin and Purnell, 2007).