Safe care mobile application for surgical patients: development, content validation, and usability validation.

Objective: To describe the development, content validation, and usability of an application to orient surgical patients and ensure their safety.

Method: Methodological study, carried out between July and August 2023, developed in three stages: (1) selection of relevant content based on a review of scientific literature; (2) development of the application; and (3) validation of the content and usability of the software, evaluated using two validated instruments, which were sent to eight nurse judges from the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Santa Catarina, and eight professional information technology judges from Minas Gerais.

Results: The contents of the "Minha Cirurgia" application included information based on relevant scientific literature regarding patient safety, preoperative guidelines, timing of surgery, and post-surgical care.

Construction and validation of a booklet of perioperative orientation and patient safety.

Objective: To describe the development and validation process of a booklet with perioperative guidelines for surgical patients.

Method: This is a methodological, quantitative study, divided into three stages: narrative review, booklet preparation and validation with 23 judges, nurses specialized in patient safety/perioperative nursing, who answered the online Educational Content Validation Instrument. The booklet was considered valid when each item obtained a Content Validity Index equal to or greater than 0.

Nurses' perception about risk classification in an emergency service.

Objective: Get to know how nurses perceive the accomplishment of risk classification in an emergency service.

Methodology: In this qualitative study, 11 nurses were included with at least two months of experience in the risk classification of patients who visited the emergency service. Semistructured interviews were used to collect the information.