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[Terms of international classification for Nursing Practice in motor and physical rehabilitation]
Danyelle Rodrigues Pelegrino de Souza1, Leonardo Tadeu de Andrade2, Anamaria Alves Napoleão3
1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Objective:
To validate terms of nursing language especially for physical-motor rehabilitation and map them to the terms of ICNP(®) 2.0.
Method:
A methodology research based on document analysis, with collection and analysis of terms from 1,425 records.
Results:
825 terms were obtained after the methodological procedure, of which 226 had still not been included in the ICNP(®) 2.0. These terms were distributed as follows: 47 on the Focus axis; 15 on the Judgment axis; 31 on the Action axis; 25 on the Location axis; 102 on the Means axis; three on the Time axis; and three on the Client axis. All non-constant terms in ICNP(®) have been validated by experts, having reached an agreement index ≥0.80.
Conclusion:
The ICNP(®) is applicable and used in nursing care for physical-motor rehabilitation.
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