Figure 13

GUI of the sedation application. The Graphical User interface (GUI) which allows nurses to easily interact with the sedation application and input the needed information about the patient, the RASS score and the medication. The "Input patient information" screen is shown at the start of the application. It allows the nurses to input information about the patient (weight, age and sex) and which type of sedation (short vs. normal vs. deep/long-term) guideline should be used. If this information is already available in the database, the fields will be filled in with the data found in the database. The nurse can then adjust or confirm this data. The "Medication notification" screen is an example of a message that is displayed on screen when the medication of the patient should be adjusted. The "Input current Rass" screen prompts the nurses to input the current RASS of the patient. The time points, at which these RASS scores should be collected, are prescribed by the sedation guidelines. For example, in the normal sedation guideline, the RASS score needs to be updated every four hours. This means that this screen will automatically be shown every four hours, unless the RASS score has already been inputted in the database through another interface.