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● Nurses have an essential role in caring for patients with trauma and their education in this regard is essential.
● For this purpose, we designed an educational smartphone application for pre-hospital trauma management.
●Our study sample used the application to handle and care for traumatic patients for one month.
● Most nurses were satisfied with the classification of data in the application, and its appropriate information.
● This kind of educational applications facilitates the educational process and helps nursing students.
Plain Language Summary
Nurses have an essential role in caring for patients with trauma, so a suitable method is required for the education of nursing students in this regard. We designed an educational smartphone application for pre-hospital trauma management and asked nursing students to evaluate its usefulness. The educational content of the application was prepared based on the available standard skills required for prehospital trauma management. The study sample first received routine education, and then they used the application to handle and care for traumatic patients for one month. Based on the results, most nurses were satisfied with the classification of data in the application, and the information was appropriate for the patient’s care in trauma situations. In addition, all students reported that the application, its links to web pages, movies, texts, and images were handy. The majority of them used the application consistently and suggested that the same application should be prepared for other courses. Thus, the application was easy to use for trauma management, facilitated the educational process, and helped nursing students.