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Validation of nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes in a pediatric clinic
Ana Márcia Nóbrega Dantas1, Kenya de Lima Silva1, Maria Miriam Lima da Nóbrega1
1Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Health Sciences Center, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Objectives:
To elaborate operational definitions for the Nomenclature nursing diagnoses, interventionsand outcomes of the Pediatric Clinic at a University Hospital and carry out a validation of the content and clinical aspects of this Nomenclature.
Method:
Methodological research, developed in two stages: documentary study, for the validation of content of the operational definitions of nursing diagnoses; and secondly applied research, via clinical cases, performed with children from 0 to 5 years.
Results:
The 126 diagnoses were submitted to consensus validation and 55.6% were validated. Six clinical case studies were carried out, using the phases of the nursing process, based on the theory of Basic Human Needs, identifying 24.3% of the validated diagnoses and 54.5% of the nursing interventions listed in the Nomenclature.
Conclusion:
The study showed the effectiveness of using the Nomenclature in the Pediatric Clinic, in order to optimize the care andquality of health services.
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