Nursing diagnoses in hospitalized children
Objective: to describe the frequency of nursing diagnoses in hospitalized children. Methods:this is a cross-sectional study carried out in a hospital for children, from 738 medical records. Data analysis was based on descriptive statistics. Results: a frequency of 2,100 nursing diagnoses was identif...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal do Ceará
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Rev Rene |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/31085 |
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| Summary: | Objective: to describe the frequency of nursing diagnoses in hospitalized children. Methods:this is a cross-sectional study carried out in a hospital for children, from 738 medical records. Data analysis was based on descriptive statistics. Results: a frequency of 2,100 nursing diagnoses was identified, distributed in 15 diagnostic concepts, six domains, and 12 classes, according to NANDA-I Taxonomy II. The most prevalent diagnoses were: ineffective respiratory pattern (18.7%), hyperthermia (15.2%), impaired sleep pattern (11.1%), unbalanced nutrition: less than body needs (10.8%), fear (9.3%), acute pain (7.1%) and diarrhea (6.7%). Conclusion: five nursing diagnoses were described in hospitalized children: “ineffective respiratory pattern”, “hyperthermia”, “diarrhea”, “fear” and “acute pain”. The first three diagnoses are closely related to the conditions that determine the major causes of hospitalization in childhood: acute respiratory infections and gastroenteritis. |
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| ISSN: | 1517-3852 2175-6783 |