The Book: How Petunia Gets Ready for the Hospital
Petunia and the Hospital mobile app
Bringing Petunia to life!
The “Petunia and the Hospital” app is an informative, adventure-filled iOS mobile app to give patients greater access to the book’s content.
The Dress up Screen
Critically important, the app lets users interact with the material and control their experience through it. I designed the app to enable feelings of ownership, a strong contributor to positive patient mental health. Users dress up their desired avatar (Petunia or Pete), practice breathing exercises with it, and touch different operation and recovery room objects to become familiar with them. We are less afraid of things we understand.
The breathing screen helps young patients learn how to control their anxiety and heart rate using calming slow breathing. Three buttons allow users to change the timing of inhale, exhale and hold of breath. Children can see the visual of a floating balloon just as Putunia does in the book
The Breathing Screen
Operating and Recovery Room Screens
The app brings patients on Petunia (or Pete's) journey. First preparing for the surgery, going into the operation room, and then finally recovery.
In the operation and recovery rooms, patients can press on different digital machines and objects to learn more about them.
