Design and Development of a Pressure Ulcer Management Mobile Application for Nursing Students

Preventing and managing bedsores are critically important, and nurses play a vital role. Nursing students need to acquire adequate preparedness during their academic years. Mobile phones offer a suitable platform for education. This study aimed to design and develop a nursing education application for pressure ulcer management and to assess the perspectives of nursing students regarding their satisfaction and cognitive load. This is a developmental study. A Persian educational application for pressure ulcer management (ELTIAM [HEALING]) was designed and developed. Subsequently, students' perspectives on the application were evaluated using usability, satisfaction, and cognitive load questionnaires. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 22.0 (IBM Inc., Armonk, NY, USA). The ELTIAM (HEALING) application consisted of 14 panels. From the students' perspective, the application's usability was 87.51%, and the average satisfaction score with the application was 7.97. Additionally, the average score for intrinsic cognitive load was 8.15, extrinsic cognitive load was 9.95, and germane cognitive load was 32.96. The increasing expansion of information technology, particularly in mobile capabilities, has coincided with a growing enthusiasm for education through mobile applications. These applications can serve as a new and effective method in various fields. The ELTIAM (HEALING) application, designed and developed in Persian for education of pressure ulcer management, was favorable in terms of usability, satisfaction, and cognitive load. Therefore, its use is recommended for students and healthcare professionals involved in pressure ulcer management.