MOBILE APP FOR NURSING PROCESS IN A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

a methodological study, conducted in a university hospital in southeastern Brazil from January 2017 to February 2018, divided into four stages: definition of requirements and elaboration of the conceptual model; generation of implementation and prototyping alternatives; testing and implementation. The app was developed based on Wanda Horta's Basic Human Needs and International Classification for Nursing Practice and following the User Centered Design method and the standards of the Brazilian Association of Software Engineering Technical Standards for IOS and Android platforms. The product was evaluated and validated by nurses for functional suitability, reliability, usability, performance efficiency, compatibility and safety.

Results:

the CuidarTech NeoProcesso de Enfermagemapp has screens that integrate the elements for history, diagnosis and nursing interventions. According to the judges' evaluation, it has functional adequacy, reliability, usability, performance efficiency, compatibility and safety.

Conclusion:

the app designed and validated by nurses is a computerized instrument that contains the stages of the nursing process: history, diagnoses and interventions, organized by Basic Human Needs and following the taxonomy of the International Classification for Nursing Practices. It relates information of newborns admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units and the nursing process, being able to provide quality, effectiveness, safety and personal satisfaction to the nurse's care.

DESCRIPTORS
Nursing process; Neonatal intensive care; Nursing informatics; Biomedical technology; Software; Newborn; Nursing

Characteristic	Agreement		Disagreement		Does not apply		Total
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Functional suitability
Functional integrity
The app meets the application of the nursing process	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
The app has all the necessary functions to perform the nursing process	9	81.8	2	18.2	0	0.0	11	100.0
Functional correction
The app allows application of the nursing process correctly	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
The app is accurate in performing the nursing process functions	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
Functional fitness
The app facilitates the execution of the nursing process	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
Reliability
Maturity
The app fails frequently	8	72.7	0	0.0	3	27.3	11	100.0
Fault tolerance
When failures occur the app continues to function as expected	8	72.7	0	0.0	3	27.3	11	100.0
Recoverability
The app is able to recover data affected by crashes	6	54.5	0	0.0	5	45.5	11	100.0
Availability
The app is accessible for use when needed	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0

Characteristic	Agreement		Disagreement			Does not apply		Total
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Suitability recognition
Concept and app are easy to understand	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
Is it easy to perform your duties?	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
Apprehensibility
It is easy to learn to use	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
The app facilitates user input	10	90.9	1	9.1	0	0.0	11	100.0
The app facilitates user data output	10	90.9	0	0.0	1	9.1	11	100.0
Operability
The app has attributes that make it easy to perform the nursing process	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
The app provides help clearly	10	90.9	0	0.0	1	9.1	11	100.0
Accessibility
The app can be used by people with disabilities	9	81.8	1	9.1	1	9.1	11	100.0
Error protection
The app informs the user of invalid data entry	8	72.7	0	0.0	3	27.3	11	100.0
User interface aesthetics
Graphic design is user friendly	10	90.9	1	9.1	0	0.0	11	100.0
The color is nice	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0

Characteristic	Agreement		Disagreement		Does not apply		Total
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Performance efficiency
Time
The app’s response time is adequate	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
The app’s runtime is adequate	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
Resources
The resources used by the app are adequate	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
Capacity
The app allows good navigation	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
The app is fast	10	90.9	0	0.0	1	9.1	11	100.0
Compatibility
Interoperability
The app allows interaction between modules (identification, history, diagnosis, interventions)	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	100.0
Safety
Integrity
The app is capable of preventing deletion or alteration of stored information	8	72.7	0	0.0	3	27.3	11	100.0

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós Graduação em Enfermagem Campus Universitário Trindade, 88040-970 Florianópolis - Santa Catarina - Brasil, Tel.: (55 48) 3721-4915 / (55 48) 3721-9043 - Florianópolis - SC - Brazil
E-mail: textoecontexto@contato.ufsc.br

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[1] CORRESPONDENCE AUTHOR
Jhonathan Lucas Araujo jhonathan.enf@gmail.com