ABSTRACT
Objective:
to develop a mobile application to support nurses’ diagnostic reasoning in the care of surgical patients
Method:
this is applied research with technological production, carried out in a hospital in the metropolitan region of Espírito Santo, from September 2018 to December 2019. The study was divided into four stages: theoretical content elaboration through an integrative literature review of the main signs and symptoms observed in patients in the postoperative period of gastrointestinal, thoracic, head and neck surgeries, and cross-mapping between the signs and symptoms found in the literature review and NANDA International nursing diagnoses; development of 10 case studies that foster clinical and surgical situations elaborated according to nursing diagnoses mapped according to Lunney’s framework; assessment of case studies by experts using content validity index; and application construction in partnership with a graphic design expert by the User-Centered Design method.
Results:
the application CuidarTech®Cirúrgico presents four navigation options: 1) “Nursing Process” - displays theoretical contents; 2) “Nursing diagnoses and actions” - with nursing diagnoses and interventions to assist patients in the postoperative period of gastrointestinal, thoracic, head and neck surgeries; 3) “Case studies” - brings 10 validated studies to training clinical reasoning; and 4) “Credits” - executing team.
Conclusion:
the application is an unprecedented technology and constitutes an interactive support in the care and teaching of nurses’ Nursing Process and clinical reasoning.
DESCRIPTORS:
Mobile applications; Nursing process; Postoperative care; Educational technology; Nursing
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