The Nursing Innovation Centre (PIZ) researches new needs-based care and assistance technologies. It analyses the needs of nursing practice and investigates innovative approaches from nursing science and new assistive technologies, taking ethical, legal and social implications into account. The technologies are tested in real-life laboratories in practical care settings and discussed with care practitioners.

• Technological research questions in the fields of robotics and virtual/augmented reality
• Promoting the teaching of technical skills in the context of care training
• Research into human-machine interaction concepts in various care settings
• Real-world laboratories for outpatient care, intensive care and care in nursing homes
• Comprehensive scenarios in the “care service centre of the future”