Software development to support decision making in the selection of nursing diagnoses and interventions for children and adolescents.
OBJECTIVE
to report the development of a software to support decision-making for the selection of nursing diagnoses and interventions for children and adolescents, based on the nomenclature of nursing diagnoses, outcomes and interventions of a university hospital in Paraiba.


METHODS
a methodological applied study based on software engineering, as proposed by Pressman, developed in three cycles, namely: flow chart construction, development of the navigation interface, and construction of functional expressions and programming development.


RESULTS
the software consists of administrative and nursing process screens. The assessment is automatically selected according to age group, the nursing diagnoses are suggested by the system after information is inserted, and can be indicated by the nurse. The interventions for the chosen diagnosis are selected by structuring the care plan.


CONCLUSIONS
the development of this tool used to document the nursing actions will contribute to decision-making and quality of care.
Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
Kenya de Lima
Kde L
Silva
Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Yolanda Dora Martinez
YD
Évora
Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Camila Santana Justo
CS
Cintra
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D012984:Software