Educational Software: tool directed for health education of children with Tetralogy of Fallot

Abstract

Objective: To report the experience of nursing students in building educational software on the care with children with Tetralogy of Fallot. Methods: Experience report of the elaboration of an educational game at an online platform called “Scratch”, built by students from the Nursing School of the University of Pernambuco, between April and June 2019. It used prototyping knowledge, focusing on nursing computer skills. Results Building the “Learning with the Heart” game that provides information about the disease and good lifestyle, focusing on diet, education, exercise and drug treatment. Conclusion: The use of the software allowed for the reflection on the importance of basic programming knowledge for health professionals, making the work process more attractive and, consequently, easy to understand for the target audience due to the use of a playful-technological methodology.

Keywords

• education nursing
• pediatric nursing
• tetralogy of fallot
• video games
• educational technology