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Image Source: RCH Emergency Nurse Practitioner. Retrieved on June 22, 2022 from: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/emergency-nurse-practitioner/id1364319462?ls=1
Stated Purpose
“The RCH Emergency Nurse Practitioner App is an informative resource for clinicians who have an interest in paediatrics. The app provides in-depth guides on paediatric assessment, common diagnostic findings, and important red flags to observe for in practice.
Throughout the app there are useful tips and tricks to help you with your assessment and interpretation of investigations as well as useful guides about performing procedures on children. It can be used as a learning resource or a quick access guide in practice
This resource has been developed by a group of specialist Nurse Practitioners and Senior Clinicians at RCH to provide the user with a culmination of expert information about emergency paediatric patients.”
“The app provides in-depth guides on paediatric assessment, common diagnostic findings, and important red flags to observe for in practice. Throughout the app there are useful tips and tricks to help you with your assessment and interpretation of investigations as well as useful guides about performing procedures on children. It can be used as a learning resource or a quick access guide in practice.”
(RCH Mobile Apps Page, Mobile apps : Emergency Nurse Practitioner (rch.org.au), 2020)
Features
Useful as an offline point of care tool for practice guidelines for pediatric emergencies.
With internet access, users can check the references used to inform the guidelines
Screenshots
Image Source: RCH Emergency Nurse Practitioner. Retrieved on June 22, 2022 from: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/emergency-nurse-practitioner/id1364319462?ls=1
Emergency nurse practitioners (pediatrics)
Nurses, nurse practitioners, medical clinicians, nursing staff who work with pediatric cases
Residents, nursing students
Notes
“The RCH Emergency Nurse Practitioner app is an informative resource for clinicians who have an interest in paediatrics.” (App Store, 2020)
From hospital website
Could also benefit students
Part 1: Editorial committee, content updates, and evidence grading
No grading system is identified for this app which makes it hard to evaluate the standards used for creating the resource. However, this app appears to be a recreation of the guidelines and practice resources used by the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, and there is a robust process documented on their website for the development of the guidelines.
Part 2: Source and authorship information for 3 entries
The About Us section of the app contains a brief history of how the all originated from a set of lanyard cards, followed by a laminated pocket-sized book. As the Disclaimer clearly states, the app “does not constitute a text book, and offers little explanation or background to the conditions outlined. [It is] however designed to provide practical advice and assist clinicians with the clinical management of paediatric patients presenting to an emergency department.”
Entries are well laid out, it is easy to follow the flow of information, however no references are given in the app version of the guidelines or clinical resources which makes it impossible to check the validity of the recommendations or procedures. If this information wasn’t from a reputable source and didn’t have the online version to back up the information, all the information would be rightfully treated as suspect.
Organization of information
The ENP app is comprised of 3 key features
Information within entries follows the natural progression of clinical practice: background information, examination, body systems to look at, clinical practice points for differential, potentially dangerous signs, and management
Navigation
Immediate navigation forces the user to the guidelines, at which point they can search content in a search bar the top or use a navigation menu in the top left to navigate to other sections.
Extras
Absolutely no customization
User Account require: No
Internet connection required for use: Yes - Internet access is needed to retrieve certain documents in the app
Text search field: Yes
Browsable content: Yes
Advertisements: No
Pop-up advertisements: No
In-app purchases: No
Devices
Compatible with: iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, Mac
Requires: iOS 8.0 or later. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/emergency-nurse-practitioner/id1364319462?ls=1
Last updated (as per App store listing) : January 29, 2020
Compatible with: Android smartphones & tablets
Requires: Android 4.0 and up. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.org.rch.Ednpguide
Last updated (as per Google Play listing): January 28, 2020
Size
77.3 MB (iOS);
Size not listed on the app page for Android (71.29 MB on device)
The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Melbourne
Employees at RCH: Terry Carroll, Melanie Turner and Dhanuka Kaluarachchi
Country of Origin
Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9345 5522
50 Flemington Road Parkville, Victoria 3052 Australia