Mobile technologies in the Nursing area

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify in the literature studies on mobile technologies in Nursing. METHOD: Integrative literature review in which was used the Population, Interest and Context (PICo) strategy, the tool of the National Library of Medicine for formulation of the research question, and search without a determined period of time in the following bibliographic databases: Medical Literature and Retrieval System onLine/PubMed®), Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), SCOPUS (Elsevier), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Nursing Database (BDENF). Data collection period was from January to March 2017. RESULTS: Fifteen articles were selected, in which were addressed mobile technologies in Nursing for nurses, undergraduate students and patients. CONCLUSION: Mobile technologies in Nursing are a recent theme and enable care data sharing, experience acquisition by undergraduate students and patient empowerment.