Two lecturers of Universitas Sumatera Utara, Reni Asmara Ariga, SKp, MARS, from the Faculty of Nursing and Dr Edy Ikhsan, SH, MA, from the Faculty of Law, collaborated as inventors of Patent IDS000005334 WEB-BASED SELF-CARE METHOD. The Ministry of Law and Human Rights granted the patent on 12 December 2022 for the invention of the website ariganursingselfcare.com.

The holder of this patent is Universitas Sumatera Utara, as a manifestation of the inventor's dedication to the advancement of USU in the arena of education and service for the community. This patent on the website ariganursingselfcare.com answers various problems that occur in society, such as the increasing population, the long distance between patients and health service centres, the cost and time that patients have to spend to get services, the lack of professional nurses and the increasing number of degenerative diseases. This invention is expected to be accessible to the public to provide real benefits for the downstream of the product of care innovation. The invention relates to a self-care method that provides nursing care information and consultation services based on a website implemented through a smartphone or a computer.

In the era of revolution 5.0, humans will live side by side with technology in all aspects of life through digital devices, including nursing. Technology helps the public in gaining access to health services as well as helping hospitals and nurses in providing nursing care services, which are helpful for improving health status by minimising costs, distance, and time.

The ariganursingselfcare.com website invention is intended to improve the ability to perform self-care, especially in health promotion methods to increase knowledge. Self-care is done by consulting through the website to improve health, quality of life and recovery. This invention contains the latest nursing care information, such as wound care, maternity care, diabetes care, respiratory care, general examination (hypertension, hypotension, hyperuricemia, hypouricemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypocholesterolemia, nutritional care for toddlers, dental care, COVID-19 care and the five most frequently complained about diseases at PUSKESMAS. This web provides comprehensive nursing care consultation services starting from the assessment stage to the evaluation stage.