Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Nursing Process System for Cardiology Nurses Based on the Functional Health Patterns Model

The research was conducted to develop and evaluate an electronic nursing process system for cardiology nurses according to the functional health patterns model. A design-based research method was used, in which quantitative and qualitative research methods were used together. The sample of the study consisted of 25 cardiology nurses working in a university hospital who had not used a system created according to the functional health patterns model before and 8 subject matter experts. A snowball sampling method was used. The research process was carried out within the framework of the five cycles of design-based research: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect data from nurses and subject matter experts regarding the features that the ideal electronic nursing process system will create according to the functional health patterns model. After the system was developed in accordance with these data, the system was tested three times by the nurses and experts in the sample group on 11 defined tasks in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction of the participants, using success rate and completion time criteria through observations of effectiveness and efficiency. The satisfaction level was measured through semistructured interviews with the sample group. Data were analyzed using content analysis. The system was redeveloped based on the findings obtained after analyzing the data collected after each test. With the last development made after the third test, the system was given its final form. At the end of the study, it was revealed that the electronic nursing process system developed according to the functional health patterns model for cardiology nurses was effective and efficient and the satisfaction level of the users with the system was high.