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Nursing Outcomes for Patients with Risk of Perioperative Positioning Injury
Luciana Bjorklund de Lima1, Michelle Cardoso E Cardozo1, Daniela de Souza Bernardes1
1Graduate Program in Nursing, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul-School of Nursing and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Purpose:
To select and refine the outcomes and indicators of Nursing Outcomes Classification for the diagnosis of risk for perioperative positioning injury.
Method:
Validation study on expert consensus and refinement through pilot study.
Findings:
Eight outcomes and 35 indicators were selected in consensus. After clinical testing was performed, in which 10 patients were assessed at five different times. Eight outcomes and 33 indicators remained in the protocol.
Conclusion:
This study made it possible to select the most relevant outcomes and indicators to be measured for this diagnosis in clinical practice.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
Validation studies by consensus and clinical testing are important to promote the accuracy, creating opportunities to legitimize, and improve the concepts of taxonomies.
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