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Diagnostic content validity of nursing diagnoses.
Image--The Journal of Nursing Scholarship
|January 1, 1989
Summary
This study evaluated the relevance of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association characteristics for common nursing diagnoses. Most characteristics were highly relevant, with "Regretful" being the only exception for anxiety diagnosis.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Healthcare
- Clinical Assessment
Background:
- Nursing diagnoses are essential for standardized care.
- The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) provides a list of defining characteristics for these diagnoses.
- Validating these characteristics ensures accurate and effective nursing interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the content validity of NANDA's defining characteristics for frequently used nursing diagnoses.
- To determine the relevance of specific characteristics for six key nursing diagnostic categories.
Main Methods:
- A survey was distributed to 600 registered professional nurses in New York State.
- Nurses rated the relevance of NANDA's defining characteristics using Likert-type scales.
- 148 usable responses were analyzed to calculate content validity scores.
Main Results:
- Critical and supporting characteristic scores were determined for six nursing diagnostic categories.
- High content validity was found for most characteristics across the evaluated diagnoses.
- The defining characteristic "Regretful" for the diagnosis of anxiety did not achieve supporting status.
Conclusions:
- The study provides evidence for the content validity of most NANDA-I defining characteristics for common nursing diagnoses.
- The findings support the current NANDA-I list, with a minor exception for the anxiety diagnosis.
- This validation aids in refining nursing assessment and documentation.