Prevalence of nursing diagnoses in an intensive care unit

Objective: to identify the main nursing diagnostic titles used in the care of critically ill patients hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit, verifying the presence thereof in the diagnoses of NANDA International’s Taxonomy II. Methods: descriptive and documental study, in which 69 medical records o...

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Main Authors: Vinicia de Holanda Cabral, Ítalo Rigoberto Cavalcante Andrade, Elizabeth Mesquita Melo, Tatiana de Medeiros Colletti Cavalcante
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Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2017-06-01
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/19216
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author Vinicia de Holanda Cabral
Ítalo Rigoberto Cavalcante Andrade
Elizabeth Mesquita Melo
Tatiana de Medeiros Colletti Cavalcante
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Ítalo Rigoberto Cavalcante Andrade
Elizabeth Mesquita Melo
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description Objective: to identify the main nursing diagnostic titles used in the care of critically ill patients hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit, verifying the presence thereof in the diagnoses of NANDA International’s Taxonomy II. Methods: descriptive and documental study, in which 69 medical records of patients aged over 18 years were consulted. Results:22 nursing diagnostic titles were found; the most frequent was risk for infection (99.0%), risk for skin integrity (75.0%) and risk for aspiration (61.0%). Most diagnoses were in the domains safety/protection (43.0%) and activity/rest (26.5%). Conclusions: authors identified the main nursing diagnostic titles used in the care of critically ill patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and the presence thereof in the diagnoses of NANDA International’s Taxonomy II.
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spelling doaj-art-df552333edf246d7a9925e00ebaccbd42025-08-20T12:53:20ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832017-06-01181Prevalence of nursing diagnoses in an intensive care unitVinicia de Holanda Cabral0Ítalo Rigoberto Cavalcante Andrade1Elizabeth Mesquita Melo2Tatiana de Medeiros Colletti Cavalcante3Universidade de FortalezaUniversidade de FortalezaUniversidade de FortalezaUniversidade de FortalezaObjective: to identify the main nursing diagnostic titles used in the care of critically ill patients hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit, verifying the presence thereof in the diagnoses of NANDA International’s Taxonomy II. Methods: descriptive and documental study, in which 69 medical records of patients aged over 18 years were consulted. Results:22 nursing diagnostic titles were found; the most frequent was risk for infection (99.0%), risk for skin integrity (75.0%) and risk for aspiration (61.0%). Most diagnoses were in the domains safety/protection (43.0%) and activity/rest (26.5%). Conclusions: authors identified the main nursing diagnostic titles used in the care of critically ill patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and the presence thereof in the diagnoses of NANDA International’s Taxonomy II.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/19216Nursing DiagnosisNursing ProcessIntensive Care UnitsCritical Care.
spellingShingle Vinicia de Holanda Cabral
Ítalo Rigoberto Cavalcante Andrade
Elizabeth Mesquita Melo
Tatiana de Medeiros Colletti Cavalcante
Prevalence of nursing diagnoses in an intensive care unit
Rev Rene
Nursing Diagnosis
Nursing Process
Intensive Care Units
Critical Care.
title Prevalence of nursing diagnoses in an intensive care unit
title_full Prevalence of nursing diagnoses in an intensive care unit
title_fullStr Prevalence of nursing diagnoses in an intensive care unit
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of nursing diagnoses in an intensive care unit
title_short Prevalence of nursing diagnoses in an intensive care unit
title_sort prevalence of nursing diagnoses in an intensive care unit
topic Nursing Diagnosis
Nursing Process
Intensive Care Units
Critical Care.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/19216
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