Documented Nursing Interventions in Inpatient Psychiatry
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Fritz Frauenfelder1, Theo van Achterberg2,3,4, Maria Müller-Staub5,6
1Vice Director of the Directorate of Nursing, Therapies and Social Work Psychiatric, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Purpose:
This study explored how well the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) covers adult inpatient psychiatric care.
Methods:
By systematic analyses and a mapping approach, documented nursing interventions were assessed on concurrencies with the NIC.
Findings:
From 2,153 intervention descriptions in nursing notes, 1,924 were recognizable as NIC interventions, and 229 did not match the NIC. 89.4% of all identified descriptions of interventions were recognizable as NIC interventions on the level of definition.
Conclusions:
This study demonstrates that the NIC describes adult inpatient psychiatric care to a large extent. Nevertheless, further development of the classification is important.
Practice Implications:
The study results provide a basis for further developing the NIC and to reinforce its use in inpatient psychiatric settings.
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