Developing a Smart Phone Application for the OMAHA System Guidelines.
10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.4.512
- Author:
Hae Sook HONG
1
;
In Keun LEE
;
Sung Jung HONG
;
Hwa Sun KIM
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nursing Informatics;
Community health nursing;
Guideline;
Education
- MeSH:
Community Health Nursing;
Delivery of Health Care;
Digestion;
Education;
Education, Nursing;
Hope;
Nursing;
Nursing Informatics;
Smartphone
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2010;21(4):512-521
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The remarkable progress in information and communication technology has had a great effect on the healthcare delivery system. The development of smart phone applications is a new field. The aim of our research was to provide assistance in developing smart phone applications for community health nursing. METHODS: Based on an informative approach, this study developed persona and site maps, followed by a storyboard as a way of analyzing users' requirements and designing responses in the context of smart phone application development methodology. RESULTS: We developed persona, user interface and database design successfully, and then seven nurses selected four nursing problems (income, residence, pain, and digestion hydration). The search time in seconds for the 2005 English OMAHA guidelines to find three nursing interventions for these problems was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the smart phone application. The results showed that smart phone applications' search was 21 times faster on the average than book guidelines. CONCLUSION: An English version of the OMAHA system application was developed for the Android smart phone market. It is hoped that smart phone applications such as this will be used internationally for nursing education.
