Assistência de enfermagem ao paciente vítima de acidente vascular cerebral na emergência: desenvolvimento de protótipo de aplicativo móvel

Abstract

The use of mobiles phones and other devices by health professionals in their clinical practice has been increasing. Therefore, there is a growth in the creation of health-related mobile applications, including those for the management and monitoring of patients with different diseases, clinical decision-making resources, and continuing education on specific topics, among others. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death, disability, and hospitalization worldwide, and it makes the stroke patient require intensive care during hospitalization, especially in the emergency room, making them highly dependent on nursing care. The researche aimed to develop to create a prototype of an application for mobile device (cell phone) on the Android platform to guide nursing care to stroke patients in the emergency department and to validate the specific health content of the application with the participation of specialist nurses. The research was used methodologic, applied, technological production research. A prototype cell phone software was designed using Android Studio software, based on the selection of data related to the approach to stroke patients by nurses in the emergency room and the ICNP, with the aim of helping to guide nursing care. How results were obtained he overall Content Validity Index was 0.87 and mean scores were above 4 for all items evaluated, with high agreement among experts. It was concluded that it is the development of a mobile application with effectiveness in assisting nursing care for stroke is possible based on the results achieved, where it proved adequate to the experts.