Dean Dr. Sue Mattison, of the College of Professional Studies, hosted an “App Party” today to celebrate the release of a new app and e-tool called NurScope™. Two of our very own nursing professors, Dr. Susan Gallagher-Lepak and Dr. Heather Herdman,
with the collaboration of NANDA International, Inc. (NANDA-I) have just released a new e-tool, NurScope™, allowing nurses, nurse educators, and nursing students to move more accurately from assessment to nursing diagnosis. Downloadable to an Android tablet or smartphone, NurScope™ covers the scope of nursing diagnoses and it’s right at your fingertips!
The NurScope™ app is described on the NANDA-I site as the key to fully grasping nursing diagnosis and accurately applying diagnoses in clinical scenarios. Their ongoing research project conducted between NANDA-I and UW-Green Bay will continue to improve the decision support information available within the tool, drawing from research on diagnoses conducted worldwide. Users can explore nursing diagnoses via three different pathways—by domain, diagnostic focus, and nursing diagnosis label. NurScope™ enables users to identify priority nursing diagnoses by following three easy steps:
- Select the e-tool appropriate diagnostic indicators, based on nursing assessment and other patient data.
- When presented with a list of potential diagnoses, review the details of each to refine, validate and prioritize the most accurate diagnosis(es).
- Document your decisions by emailing a summary of your work to your professor.
NurScope™ is a new interactive e-tool and new way of thinking about nursing diagnosis. Available now on the Apple App store and Google play!