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  • Nursing Informatics
  • Health Services Research
  • Infectious Disease Control

Background:

  • Nurses play a vital role in antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) but face job complexity and high cognitive loads.
  • Accessible information is crucial for nurses working in complex healthcare environments.
  • An information application (app) was developed to support nurses involved in ASPs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness, and user satisfaction of a newly developed antibiotic stewardship app for nurses.
  • To assess the app's impact on information support, safety attitudes, and ASP behavior.
  • To determine if the app improves nurse-physician communication and task completion speed.

Main Methods:

  • A pilot study was conducted over 8 months in two lung wards of a teaching hospital.
  • 62 nurses had access to the app, with user satisfaction assessed via questionnaires at baseline and post-study.
  • Scenario-based tests evaluated app efficiency and effectiveness in intervention and control groups.

Main Results:

  • The app significantly improved task support, reliability, unobtrusiveness, relevance, user-friendliness, speed, and hyperlink functionality.
  • A notable improvement in nurse-physician communication and understanding was observed.
  • Nurses using the app completed scenarios significantly faster than those without.

Conclusions:

  • A human-centered design and persuasive task support strategy effectively reduced information retrieval time.
  • The app demonstrated success in enhancing information access for nurses in ASPs.
  • Active education strategies are still necessary to promote stewardship-related behaviors.