Author(s)

Priscila Leite Loiola Ribeiro^1*, Roberta Pires Corrêa^2*, Isabela Batista Gonçalves Moreira³, Davi Luiz Cavalcanti Nascimento³, Matheus Santiago Correa³, Caroline Barboza Braga³, Fernanda Aline Meirelles³, Thais Tiemi Shinoda³, Alice Marie Almeida da Silva³, Beatriz Pereira Tavares³, Rayene Jacinto de Freitas³, Mariana da Cunha Teixeira¹, Jaderson Pires Jaderson Pires dos Santos Vasconcelos⁴, Paula Alvarez Abreu⁵, Helena Carla Castro^1,2,4#

¹Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil.
²Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Biociências e Saúde, Fiocruz, Brazil.
³Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil.
⁴PGCTIn, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil.
⁵Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação em Ciências e Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Bra-zil.

Communication between healthcare professionals and patients is essential for getting the right treatment and full recovery. However, the deaf community find difficulties worldwide as they need to communicate basically through sign language, in which most of these professionals have no or few knowledge. This study aimed at reporting the experience of nursing students in the development of cellphones apps designed to help deaf people during health attendance. This strategy intends to encourage students to experience the point of view of the deaf patient during the attendance in a playful and dynamic way, considering the importance of the language inclusion of the deaf in the health system. The study was developed by first year nursing students enrolled at a Federal University in the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The group consisted of 9 students, divided in 3 groups, who developed applications to be used during nursing care of deaf people. Each software-design-group had pre-selected phrases important to the amnesics process according to their point of view. After this stage, the students have elected the healthcare terminology using the Brazilian sign language—Libras, and recorded videos as a proposition to improve the communication between nurses and deaf patients. Considering that no student had previous knowledge of the Libras prior to this event, the activity promoted a practical learning on how to use this translating material as well as on free apps development. This educational strategy also contributed to the professional development of such students, since it made them critically think about inclusion of minorities such as deaf people whereas preparing them to provide better healthcare to their future deaf patients.

Education, Deafness, Inclusion, Mobile Application, Nurse

Ribeiro, P. , Corrêa, R. , Moreira, I. , Nascimento, D. , Correa, M. , Braga, C. , Meirelles, F. , Shinoda, T. , da Silva, A. , Tavares, B. , de Freitas, R. , da Cunha Teixeira, M. , Jaderson Pires dos Santos Vasconcelos, J. , Abreu, P. and Castro, H. (2023) Development of Mobile Apps for Deaf Patients by Nursing Students: Let’s Consider the Difficulties through Deaf’s Perspective. Creative Education, 14, 1880-1892. doi: 10.4236/ce.2023.149120.