[The use of NANDA's Taxonomy II for assessing puerperal anxiety within a community]

This paper aims to analyze the occurrence of nursing diagnosis Anxiety, in puerperal women immediately after and in the later period, within a community context. This is a transversal descriptive quantitative study. The no probabilistic samples consisted of 40 puerperal women. During data collection, interview procedures were used, in addition to physical examination and home observation. Anxiety was present in 80% of puerperal women. The anxiety-related factors predominating in puerperal women were stress (62.5%) and maturational crisis (34.4%); mainly evidenced by the behavioral defining characteristic: worries expressed due to changes in life events (46.9%), and insomnia (43.8%). In addition to concerns about the child's wellbeing and an increased demands in burden of activities. The application of nursing diagnoses provides the identification of priorities in the assistance and enables the adequate implementation of early intervention can be planned.