Structuring methodology of the Computerized Nursing Process in Emergency Care Units
Fernanda Paese1, Grace Teresinha Marcon Dal Sasso1, Gabriela Winter Colla1
1Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Objective:
To structure the Computerized Nursing Process using the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) version 2.0 to emergency care units in a computerized structure.
Method:
This is a methodological and technological research that followed the stages: (1) establishment of the development team and resources; (2) adequacy of clinical situations, diagnoses and nursing interventions for the emergency area; (3) association of diagnoses and interventions based on ICNP®; (4) organization and codification of clinical evaluation, diagnoses and nursing interventions; (5) transfer of data to the a computerized platform.
Results:
Readjustment and construction of 1,445 possibilities of clinical evaluations associated with 961 different diagnoses and their corresponding interventions to the most frequent situations in emergency services.
Conclusion:
ICNP® has a strong and solid form for the development of the computerized nursing process able to support nurses in safe decision-making to improve the quality of health care.
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