Nursing diagnoses of the activity/rest domain evidenced by elderly patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment

Abstract

The nursing process constitutes an essential tool for guiding the individual hemodialysis treatment. In this study, the aim was to identify nursing diagnoses of the activity/rest domain of NANDA International evidenced by elderly patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment and set the defining characteristics and the risk factors or those related to the nursing diagnoses. This is a descriptive research with a quantitative approach, carried out with 40 elderly. With regard to the profile of patients under study, a prevalence of the male gender was evidenced, average age was 64,5 years, and education ranging 5-8 years of study. In the activity/rest domain eight nursing diagnoses, nineteen defining characteristics, and twenty-three related factors were identified. It is concluded that the identification of nursing diagnoses is essential for the systematic planning of care in the elderly under hemodialysis.