Evaluation of the Effect of Intensive Nursing Intervention Based on Process Analysis.

In order to achieve significant improvements in the evaluation of key indicators such as speed, quality, cost, and service, this paper fundamentally rethinks and completely redesigns the business process, and recreates a new business process. This study combines the particularity of AMI with emergency nursing to construct an in-hospital AMI emergency nursing process to further standardize the AMI rescue work. The implementation of the process helps to clarify the responsibilities and requirements of nurses in the AMI emergency process, reduce the delay time of AMI emergency, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency. In addition, after refactoring the business process, this paper builds an intelligent digital critical illness monitoring system. This system combines the original work flow of the ICU medical staff, optimizes the work flow of the medical staff through computer technology and information technology, and designs and completes the digital intensive nursing system software to run and use in the hospital and obtain significant results.

Sistema informatizado de Valoración Enfermera de la Urgencia Pediátrica en Atención Primaria VEUPAP y su enlace a la historia clínica informatizada de atención primaria / Computerized Nurse Assessment System for Pediatric Emergency in Primary Care VEUPAP and its link to the computerized medical record of primary care

OBJETIVO: Implementación informática del sistema de Valoración Enfermera de la Urgencia Pediátrica en Atención Primaria (VEUPAP). DISEÑO: El desarrollo de la aplicación informática de VEUPAP siguió las siguientes fases: 1. Diseño de salidas y entradas al sistema necesarias para asegurar esas salidas. 2. Programación de los algoritmos y vínculos de enlace a partir de las entradas de datos para obtener las salidas de información esperadas. 3. Obtención de versión tentativa del VEUPAP informatizado, puesta a punto y prueba piloto de su funcionamiento con las modificaciones y ajustes hasta lograr su versión definitiva. RESULTADOS: VEUPAP en versión informática para ordenador personal en entorno operativo Windows Microsoft NT Professional, con la visión general de los campos de valoración que lo conforman, especificidades de entradas de cada campo e informe clínico tipo de salida. CONCLUSIONES: VEUPAP computarizado con incorporación a la historia clínica informatizada de Atención Primaria hace transparentes y accesibles todos los datos del proceso de la actividad clínica enfermera en cuidados pediátricos urgentes, permitiendo que sean conocidos y puedan ser empleados por todos los profesionales de la atención primaria. La huella de información generada por VEUPAP permite seguir su evolución y valorar su impacto en el manejo enfermero de las urgencias pediátricas en atención primaria, con la consiguiente evaluación de la posibilidad de su extensión a nuevos campos. La implementación de VEUPAP automatizado en la práctica diaria permitiría protocolizar y desarrollar áreas de atención enfermera finalista e incorporar sistemas taxonómicos enfermeros que, en función de la prioridad asignada y considerando el diagnóstico concreto del paciente, posibiliten gradar las intervenciones específicas que permitan alcanzar los resultados óptimos en cuidados enfermeros esperados

OBJECTIVE: Design of the informatic version of the VEUPAP system (Nurse Pediatric Emergency Assessment of Primary Care). DESIGN: The development of computer application VEUPAP followed three stages: 1. Design outputs and inputs necessary to the system to ensure those outings. 2. Data entry procedures and their programming algorithms to obtain the expected outputs. 3 Getting initial computerized version for VEUPAP, its set-up and pilot proof with modifications and adjustments to achieve final version. RESULTS: Automatized VEUPAP on personal computer with Microsoft Windows NT Professional operating system, with a general overview of the fields that comprise valuation, specificities of entries in each field and clinical report type output. CONCLUSIONS: Computerized VEUPAP linked with clinical history of primary care allows that all data process of nurse clinical activity in urgent pediatric care be transparent and accessible, allowing be known and be used by all professionals in primary care. The footprint of information generated by VEUPAP allows monitor progress and assess their impact on the nursing management of pediatric emergencies in primary care, with subsequent evaluation of the possibility of its extension to new fields. The implementation of automated VEUPAP in daily practice allows to develop areas of care nurse finalist and incorporate nursing taxonomic systems, depending on the assigned priority and considering the specific diagnosis of the patient, enable to graduate specific interventions to achieve optimal results in nursing care

Nursing Informatics: A Historical Bibliometric Analysis.

Computers were introduced into nursing care areas in the early 1950s; however, nursing informatics' historical roots emerged much earlier. Contrary to previous studies, which used manual review of the nursing informatics literature, we employed an automated, electronic approach with specialized software to identify its historical roots. The corpus of nursing informatics literature was harvested from Scopus using "informatic*" in information source titles, abstracts, and keywords, limited to the "subject area = nursing." The search resulted in 3805 publications containing 57 057 valid references. Fifteen historical sources were identified, the two oldest written by nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale. Other historical roots represent specific foundational and core scholarly works offering insight into the genesis and sustainment of particular bodies of literature in the field of informatics. Our study revealed that the field of nursing informatics has sought to respond to global health concerns and that through intensive development nursing informatics has become an independent research area affecting nursing advancements in general. Additionally, nursing informatics has influenced other disciplines. This study offered an in-depth look at nursing informatics literature, using a systematic approach to identify historical roots and analyze the evolution of topics and themes to gain more information about knowledge development in nursing informatics.

Adopting Open Educational Resources in a Nursing Informatics Course: An Evaluation of Student Performance and Course Satisfaction.

BACKGROUND: Open educational resources (OERs) provide many benefits in nursing education, such as continuously updated course content and textbook cost savings. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of OER adoption by analyzing final course grades (to measure student performance) and course evaluations (to measure student satisfaction) in an online nursing informatics course in an RN-BSN completion program. METHODS: This study used a quantitative, retrospective design to compare course grades and student course satisfaction between an OER-based (n = 70) and textbook-only (n = 73) nursing informatics course. RESULTS: A Mann-Whitney U test revealed a statistically significant difference in mean course grades (P = .03, r = 0.18) for the OER group. There were no differences in course satisfaction between the textbook and OER groups (P = .41, r = 0.18). CONCLUSION: The results showed that courses designed with OER content can improve student performance in nursing informatics while maintaining course satisfaction.

Let's Get Digital.

The editor-in-chief provides an overview of this issue's focus on nursing leadership and digital health. She encourages nurse leaders to be knowledgeable and engaged in digital health initiatives.

Secondary use of standardized nursing care data for advancing nursing science and practice: a systematic review.

OBJECTIVE: The study sought to present the findings of a systematic review of studies involving secondary analyses of data coded with standardized nursing terminologies (SNTs) retrieved from electronic health records (EHRs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We identified studies that performed secondary analysis of SNT-coded nursing EHR data from PubMed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar. We screened 2570 unique records and identified 44 articles of interest. We extracted research questions, nursing terminologies, sample characteristics, variables, and statistical techniques used from these articles. An adapted STROBE (Strengthening The Reporting of OBservational Studies in Epidemiology) Statement checklist for observational studies was used for reproducibility assessment. RESULTS: Forty-four articles were identified. Their study foci were grouped into 3 categories: (1) potential uses of SNT-coded nursing data or challenges associated with this type of data (feasibility of standardizing nursing data), (2) analysis of SNT-coded nursing data to describe the characteristics of nursing care (characterization of nursing care), and (3) analysis of SNT-coded nursing data to understand the impact or effectiveness of nursing care (impact of nursing care). The analytical techniques varied including bivariate analysis, data mining, and predictive modeling. DISCUSSION: SNT-coded nursing data extracted from EHRs is useful in characterizing nursing practice and offers the potential for demonstrating its impact on patient outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides evidence of the value of SNT-coded nursing data in EHRs. Future studies are needed to identify additional useful methods of analyzing SNT-coded nursing data and to combine nursing data with other data elements in EHRs to fully characterize the patient's health care experience.

Percepción de miembros iberoamericanos de redes internacionales de enfermería sobre la repercusión de las redes en su accionar / Perception by Ibero-American Members of International Networks of Nursing about the Network Repercussion in their Actions

RESUMEN Introducción: A más de 10 años de creadas las Redes de Enfermería de las Américas, se han producido cambios importantes que han modificado el modo de pensar y actuar de los profesionales de enfermería en la región, lo que supone que han desempeñado un papel fundamental en estas transformaciones. Objetivo: Explorar la percepción de miembros iberoamericanos de redes internacionales de enfermería sobre la repercusión de las redes en su accionar. Métodos: Investigación de acción participativa (cualitativa) realizada de marzo a abril de 2017. Se estudiaron motivaciones y percepciones en 11 de 30 miembros de las Redes Internacionales de Enfermería que respondieron a entrevista enviada por correo electrónico, en el procesamiento de datos se tuvieron en consideración tres criterios: favorable, medianamente favorable y no favorable. Resultados: Respondieron el cuestionario 36,66 por ciento de miembros de las Redes Internacionales de Enfermería, 54,54 por ciento de las respuestas fueron favorables, 27,27 por ciento medianamente favorables y 18,18 por ciento no favorables. Conclusiones: La disciplina desarrolla las redes como un medio para fortalecer y enriquecer la profesión en Iberoamérica. Los resultados obtenidos de las respuestas recibidas no fueron los esperados, se requiere de acciones más precisas y puntuales para que estos equipos puedan mantenerse activos y se obtengan mejores resultados de manera colaborativa hacia la salud universal, con el propósito de contribuir al desarrollo sostenible de los sistemas de salud(AU)

ABSTRACT Introduction: More than 10 years after the Nursing Networks in the Americas were created, there have been important changes that have modified the way of thinking and acting of nursing professionals in the region, which means that they have played a fundamental role in these transformations. Objective: To explore the perception of Ibero-American members of international nursing networks about the impact of the networks on their actions. Methods: Participatory action (qualitative) research carried out from March to April 2017. Motivations and perceptions were studied in 11 of 30 members of the International Nursing Networks who responded to an interview sent by email. Three criteria were considered in the processing of the data: favorable, moderately favorable, and not favorable. Results: 36.66 percent of members of the International Nursing Networks answered the questionnaire; 54.54 percent of the answers were favorable, 27.27 percent were moderately favorable, and 18.18 percent were not favorable. Conclusions: The discipline develops networks as a means to strengthen and enrich the profession in Latin America. The results obtained from the responses received were not as expected; more precise and timely actions are required so that these teams can remain active and obtain better results in a collaborative way of acting towards universal health, in order to contribute to the sustainable development of the health systems(AU)

Transforming Nursing Practice through Digitalization.

Happy Nursing Week! In this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership for Nursing Week, you will find much food for thought. This issue may surprise you while you ponder the workings of Humber River Hospital, the first fully digitalized hospital in North America. Dr. Vanessa Burkoski and her team of researchers present their findings and insights related to the various technologies and the ways in which they impact nurses' work and patients' experiences of care. I imagine you will read with anticipation the ways in which digital health care practices have transformed nursing practice and the patient experience at Humber River Hospital.

Mobile technologies in the Nursing area.

OBJECTIVE: To identify in the literature studies on mobile technologies in Nursing. METHOD: Integrative literature review in which was used the Population, Interest and Context (PICo) strategy, the tool of the National Library of Medicine for formulation of the research question, and search without a determined period of time in the following bibliographic databases: Medical Literature and Retrieval System onLine/PubMed®), Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), SCOPUS (Elsevier), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Nursing Database (BDENF). Data collection period was from January to March 2017. RESULTS: Fifteen articles were selected, in which were addressed mobile technologies in Nursing for nurses, undergraduate students and patients. CONCLUSION: Mobile technologies in Nursing are a recent theme and enable care data sharing, experience acquisition by undergraduate students and patient empowerment.

Mobile technologies in the Nursing area / Tecnologías móviles en el área de Enfermería / Tecnologias móveis na área de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify in the literature studies on mobile technologies in Nursing. Method: Integrative literature review in which was used the Population, Interest and Context (PICo) strategy, the tool of the National Library of Medicine for formulation of the research question, and search without a determined period of time in the following bibliographic databases: Medical Literature and Retrieval System onLine/PubMed®), Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), SCOPUS (Elsevier), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Nursing Database (BDENF). Data collection period was from January to March 2017. Results: Fifteen articles were selected, in which were addressed mobile technologies in Nursing for nurses, undergraduate students and patients. Conclusion: Mobile technologies in Nursing are a recent theme and enable care data sharing, experience acquisition by undergraduate students and patient empowerment.

RESUMEN Objetivo: Identificar en la literatura estudios sobre tecnologías móviles en el área de Enfermería. Método: Revisión de la literatura en que se utilizó la estrategia Población, Interés y Contexto (PICo), herramienta de la National Library of Medicine para la formulación de la cuestión de la investigación y la búsqueda sin recorte temporal en las siguientes bases de datos bibliográficos: Medical Literature and Retrieval System onLine (MEDLINE/PubMed®), Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), SCOPUS (Elsevier), Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe en Ciencias de la Salud (LILACS) y Base de Datos en Enfermería (BDENF). El período de la recolección de datos fue de enero a marzo de 2017. Resultados: Se seleccionaron 15 artículos, que abordaron tecnologías móviles en el área de Enfermería para enfermeros, estudiantes y pacientes. Conclusión: Las tecnologías móviles en el área de Enfermería son tema reciente y posibilitan compartir datos en la asistencia, adquisición de experiencia por estudiantes y empoderamiento del paciente.

RESUMO Objetivo: Identificar na literatura estudos sobre tecnologias móveis na área de enfermagem. Método: Revisão integrativa da literatura, utilizando a estratégia População, Interesse e Contexto (PICo), ferramenta da National Library of Medicine para formulação da questão de pesquisa e busca sem recorte temporal nas bases de dados bibliográficas: Medical Literature and Retrieval System onLine (MEDLINE/PubMed®), Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), SCOPUS (Elsevier), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) e Base de Dados em Enfermagem (BDENF). A coleta de dados ocorreu no período de janeiro a março de 2017. Resultados: Foram selecionados 15 artigos, que abordaram tecnologias móveis na área da enfermagem para enfermeiros, graduandos e pacientes. Conclusão: As tecnologias móveis na área da enfermagem são tema recente e possibilitam compartilhamento de dados na assistência, aquisição de experiência por graduandos e empoderamento do paciente.

Análise de qualidade de objeto virtual de aprendizagem para avaliação da dor em enfermagem / Análisis de calidad de objeto virtual de aprendizaje para la evaluación del dolor en enfermería / Quality Analysis of the Virtual Learning Object for Nursing Pain Assessment

RESUMO Introdução: A dor é um problema se saúde pública mundial, sendo que as lacunas no processo de ensino e aprendizagem sobre a avaliação da dor contribuem para esta situação. O desenvolvimento de estratégias inovadoras para o ensino-aprendizagem, como objetos virtuais de aprendizagem, pode colaborar para melhoraria do cuidado de pacientes com dor, sendo fundamental sua avaliação quanto a qualidade. Objetivo: Analisar a qualidade de um objeto virtual de aprendizagem para avaliação da dor aguda em enfermagem a partir do Learning Object Review Instrument 2.0. Métodos: Pesquisa metodológica com abordagem quantitativa. Participaram 5 enfermeiros especialistas e 62 estudantes de enfermagem, que avaliaram as 9 variáveis do instrumento (1-Pessimo até 5-Excelente). Resultados: Os resultados superaram a média alvo (3-Bom) entre estudantes (4,27) e especialistas (4,31). Destacaram-se entre estudantes: "Conformidade com normas" (4,47±0,88) e "Apresentação do projeto" (4,55±0,74), e entre especialistas: "Qualidade do conteúdo" (4,80±0,45) e a "Reusabilidade" (4,80±0,45). Conclusão: A nova tecnologia possui qualidade para aplicação no processo de ensino-aprendizagem em enfermagem sobre a avaliação da dor aguda. A tecnologia é encarada pelos participantes como um procedimento educacional a ser incorporado na vida acadêmica e profissional, que colabora com o processo de aprender a aprender, de modo flexível e interativo(AU)

RESUMEN Introducción: El dolor es un problema de la salud pública mundial, y las lagunas en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje sobre la evaluación del dolor contribuyen a esta situación. El desarrollo de estrategias innovadoras de enseñanza y aprendizaje, como objetos virtuales de aprendizaje, pueden colaborar para mejorar el cuidado de pacientes con dolor, siendo fundamental su evaluación en cuanto a calidad. Objetivo: Analizar la calidad de objeto virtual de aprendizaje para la evaluación del dolor agudo en enfermería a partir del Learning Object Review Instrument 2.0. Métodos: Investigación metodológica con enfoque cuantitativo. Participaron 5 enfermeros especialistas y 62 estudiantes de enfermería, que evaluaron las 9 variables del instrumento (1-Pésimo hasta 5-Excelente). Resultados: Los resultados superaron el promedio objetivo (3-Bueno) entre estudiantes (4,27) y especialistas (4,31). Se destacaron entre estudiantes: "Conformidad con normas" (4,47±0,88) y "Presentación del proyecto" (4,55±0,74), entre los especialistas "Calidad del contenido" (4,80±0,45) y la "Reusabilidad" (4,80±0,45). Conclusión: La nueva tecnología tiene calidad para aplicación en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje en enfermería sobre la evaluación del dolor agudo. La tecnología es encarada por los participantes como un procedimiento educativo a ser incorporado en la vida académica y profesional, que colabora con el proceso de aprender a aprender, de modo flexible e interactivo(AU)

ABSTRACT Introduction: Pain is a global public health concern, a situation to which gaps in the teaching and learning process of pain assessment contribute. Developing innovative teaching and learning strategies, as virtual learning objects, can help improve the care of patients with pain, being fundamental their quality-based assessment. Objective: To analyze the quality of the virtual learning object for acute pain assessment in nursing based on the Learning Object Review Instrument 2.0. Methods: Methodological research with a quantitative approach. Five specialized nurses and 62 nursing students participated, who evaluated the nine variables of the instrument (1-poor to 5-excellent). Results: The results exceeded the expected average (3-good) between students (4.27) and specialists (4.31). The following stood out among students:conformity to standards (4.47±0.88) and project presentation (4.55±0.74); and the ones that stood out among specialists were content quality (4.80±0.45) and reusability (4.80±0.45). Conclusion: The new technology has the quality to be used in the teaching and learning process in nursing for acute pain assessment. Technology is faced by the participants as an educational procedure to be incorporated into the academic and professional life, which collaborates with the process of learning to learn, in a flexible and interactive way(AU)

Computerized nursing process: development of a mobile technology for use with neonates.

OBJECTIVE: to build a mobile technology to assist nurses during data collection, diagnostic reasoning, and identification of interventions in neonates. METHOD: methodological study with a qualitative approach. The development was carried out in three phases, namely: bibliographical survey, construction of a database of diagnosis/interventions, and development of the software. We used the development tools Ruby on Rails, IONIC 2, PostgresSQL, and Amazon EC2. RESULTS: The developed technology received the name Natus, able to contribute to the development of the nursing process applied to patients of neonatal units. Its requirements are: to define human needs, select nursing diagnoses, select interventions, define time periods, and issue printed files. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the technology built is a computerized tool that allows for the development of the nursing process, facilitating data collection, diagnostic reasoning, and identification and grouping of the clinical signs presented by the newborn in neonatal units.

The use of gamification to teach in the nursing field.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether the course offer with elements of gamification contributes to the formation of competences in Informatics in Nursing; and evaluate it based on teaching and learning criteria and content structure. METHOD: Exploratory, applied and technological innovation research, with a qualitative and quantitative approach, developed at a university in the southern region of the country between February and November 2016. Participants were professors (5) and nursing students (10). RESULTS: The adoption of gamification was considered an interesting and innovative approach, as an alternative to traditional practices and applicable to Nursing teaching. In the quantitative analysis, it was observed that the course contemplates the set of evaluated criteria. Final considerations: Gamification contributes to the formation of competences among Nursing students for positively influencing the teaching-learning process. It can be understood as one more resource in the teaching work with a view to student motivation and meaningful learning.

The use of gamification to teach in the nursing field / Uso de gamificación en la enseñanza de la informática en enfermería / Uso de gamificação para o ensino de informática em enfermagem

ABSTRACT Objectives: To investigate whether the course offer with elements of gamification contributes to the formation of competences in Informatics in Nursing; and evaluate it based on teaching and learning criteria and content structure. Method: Exploratory, applied and technological innovation research, with a qualitative and quantitative approach, developed at a university in the southern region of the country between February and November 2016. Participants were professors (5) and nursing students (10). Results: The adoption of gamification was considered an interesting and innovative approach, as an alternative to traditional practices and applicable to Nursing teaching. In the quantitative analysis, it was observed that the course contemplates the set of evaluated criteria. Final considerations: Gamification contributes to the formation of competences among Nursing students for positively influencing the teaching-learning process. It can be understood as one more resource in the teaching work with a view to student motivation and meaningful learning.

RESUMEN Objetivos: Investigar si la oferta de curso con elementos de gamificación contribuye a la formación de competencias en Informática en Enfermería; y evaluarlo a partir de criterios de enseñanza y aprendizaje y de estructura del contenido. Método: Investigación exploratoria, aplicada y de innovación tecnológica, de abordaje cualitativo y cuantitativo, desarrollada en una universidad de la Región Sur del país entre febrero y noviembre de 2016. Participaron docentes (5) y estudiantes de enfermería (10). Resultados: La adopción de gamificación fue considerada un abordaje interesante e innovadora, como alternativa a las prácticas tradicionales y aplicable a la enseñanza de Enfermería. En el análisis cuantitativo, se observó que el curso contempla el conjunto de criterios evaluados. Consideraciones finales: La gamificación contribuye para la formación de competencias entre estudiantes de Enfermería pues influye positivamente el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. La gamificación puede ser entendida como un recurso adicional al trabajo docente que se destina a motivar los estudiantes y el aprendizaje significativo.

RESUMO Objetivos: Investigar se a oferta de curso com elementos de gamificação contribui para a formação de competências em Informática em Enfermagem; e avaliá-lo a partir de critérios de ensino e aprendizagem e de estrutura do conteúdo. Método: Pesquisa exploratória, aplicada e de inovação tecnológica, de abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa, desenvolvida em uma universidade da Região Sul do país entre fevereiro a novembro de 2016. Participaram docentes (5) e estudantes de enfermagem (10). Resultados: A adoção de gamificação foi considerada uma abordagem interessante e inovadora, como alternativa às práticas tradicionais e aplicável ao ensino de Enfermagem. Na análise quantitativa, observou-se que o curso contempla o conjunto de critérios avaliados. Considerações finais: A gamificação contribui para a formação de competências entre estudantes de Enfermagem por influenciar positivamente o processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Ela pode ser compreendida como mais um recurso no trabalho docente com vistas à motivação dos estudantes e à aprendizagem significativa.