NANDA International nursing diagnoses in patients admitted to a medical clinic unit

Isabela Ubaldo; Eliane Matos; Nádia Chiodelli Salum; Juliana Balbinot Reis Girondi; Lícia Brito Shiroma

doi:10.15253/2175-6783.2017000100010

Authors

Isabela Ubaldo Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Eliane Matos Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Nádia Chiodelli Salum Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Juliana Balbinot Reis Girondi Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Lícia Brito Shiroma Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000100010

Keywords:

Nursing Diagnosis, Nursing Records, Nursing.

Abstract

Objective: to identify nursing diagnoses, their defining characteristics and related factors, according to the NANDA-International diagnostic classification (2012-2014). Methods: a quantitative study that used as a sample 134 medical records of patients admitted to a university hospital. The analysis was based on descriptive statistics: frequency and percentage. Results: the most prevalent nursing diagnoses are in the areas of coping / stress tolerance, safety / protection and comfort. The following are the diagnoses of: risk of infection (93.8%), impaired skin integrity risk (60.4%) and anxiety (60.4%). There was a significant variation in the interpretation of the same diagnosis in relation to the defining characteristics and related factors identified. Conclusion: diagnoses presented in the research are among the most frequent in hospitalized patients with clinical intercurrences.