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[Mapping the nursing care with the NIC for patients in risk for pressure ulcer]
Ana Gabriela Silva Pereira1, Cássia Teixeira Dos Santos2, Dóris Baratz Menegon3
1Fundação de Proteção Especial do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Objective:
To identify the nursing care prescribed for patients in risk for pressure ulcer (PU) and to compare those with the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) interventions.
Method:
Cross mapping study conducted in a university hospital. The sample was composed of 219 adult patients hospitalized in clinical and surgical units. The inclusion criteria were: score ≤ 13 in the Braden Scale and one of the nursing diagnoses, Self-Care deficit syndrome, Impaired physical mobility, Impaired tissue integrity, Impaired skin integrity, Risk for impaired skin integrity. The data were collected retrospectively in a nursing prescription system and statistically analyzed by crossed mapping.
Result:
It was identified 32 different nursing cares to prevent PU, mapped in 17 different NIC interventions, within them: Skin surveillance, Pressure ulcer prevention and Positioning.
Conclusion:
The cross mapping showed similarities between the prescribed nursing care and the NIC interventions.
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