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Nursing Diagnosis of Neonatal Jaundice: Study of Clinical Indicators
Anna Virginia Viana Cardoso Dantas1, Lara Jales Rodrigues Farias1, Sofia Jales de Paula1
1Federal University of Ceará in Fortaleza, Brazil.
Purpose:
This study aimed to identify the defining characteristics of, and examine their association with, the nursing diagnosis (ND) of Neonatal Jaundice (00194) in sample of hospitalized newborns.
Design And Methods:
A cross-sectional study developed with 100 newborns aged between 24h and ten days. Data collection was performed in a public hospital of tertiary health care between March and June of 2016.
Results:
The ND of Neonatal jaundice was present in 31% of the sample. The most frequent defining characteristics were yellow-orange skin color (65%) and abnormal blood profile (75%). Yellow mucous membranes, yellow-orange skin color and bruised skin showed statistically significant sensitivity and specificity. Yellow mucous membranes, yellow sclera and yellow-orange skin color were statistically associated with Neonatal jaundice. Yellow mucous membranes showed the best diagnostic accuracy measurements.
Conclusions:
The clinical indicators that best predicted and increased the probability of developing jaundice were identified.
Practice Implications:
These clinical indicators increase the ability of nurses to clinically infer nursing diagnoses. This allows nurses to identify signs and symptoms of health conditions in a sensible and definitive manner, decreasing the possibility of errors.
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