Informatização de um instrumento de coleta de dados para pacientes em unidade ambulatorial

Abstract

Data collection is one of the first steps of the nursing process and is responsible for querying a possible diagnosis for a patient. Seeking to support data collection, a nursing student of the Fundação Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), city of Uruguaiana, created and validated a data collection tool for patients on an outpatient unit called Hospital Geral Santa Casa de Caridade de Uruguaiana (HGSCCU), which has a clinic for care of patients by nursing professionals. The instrument is filled and stored manually with the use of pen and paper. This paper proposes the computerization of the instrument developed by creating a software using web technologies and Software Engineering techniques. For development, the problem analyzes were performed to be solved by studying the instrument, interviewing the academic responsible for creating and performing the validation of the graphical user interface prototypes. After documenting use cases, a software project was developed through diagrams using the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Based on the project, software coding was done with the languages Java and JavaServer Page (JSP). At the end of the first version, the system was put to acceptance evaluations with users and they reported some difficulties in the use. Unit tests with the JUnit tool and portability tests were also performed. In the portability tests, the usability of the software was found in various electronic devices. To perform data persistence, the Data Base Management System MySQL was used. There was also the study and application of a database design technique called Structured Table. Pros and cons of using this technique were analyzed and, on completion of the work, it proved to be a flexible resource for new versions of software.