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[Application of NNN linkages-based standardized nursing language in communication with ED patients with anxiety]
Li-Qin Dai1, Lei Xiao1, Xiao-Juan Zhang1
1Department of Andrology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
Objective:
To develop specific contents of communication with ED patients according to the linkages of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International, Nursing Interventions Classification and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NNN linkages), and investigate the application value of NNN linkages-based standardized nursing language in communication with ED patients with anxiety.
Methods:
This study included 96 ED patients treated in the Department of Andrology from May 2019 to May 2020. We equally randomized them into a control and an observation group, the former receiving routine nursing and the latter routine nursing in addition to communication in NNN linkages-based standardized nursing language. We compared the nursing outcome scores on anxiety and anxiety-control ability between the two groups of patients before and after intervention.
Results:
After intervention, the patients in the observation group, compared with the controls, showed significantly higher nursing outcome scores on anxiety (136.44 ± 7.04 vs 123.29 ± 5.19, P < 0.05), response to anxiety control (4.31 ± 0.75 vs 3.50 ± 0.68, P < 0.05), relaxation skills (4.50 ± 0.68 vs 3.46 ± 0.71, P < 0.05), proper sleep (3.77 ± 1.08 vs 2.88 ± 1.06, P < 0.05), and concentration (4.13 ± 0.67 vs 3.04 ± 0.80, P < 0.05).
Conclusions:
The application of NNN linkages-based standardized nursing language in communication with ED patients with anxiety can reduce the anxiety of the patients.
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