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Contributions of representing the elements of nursing practice in the ISO 18.104:2023 standard: a theoretical study
Marcia Regina Cubas1, Rudval Souza da Silva2, Cândida Caniçali Primo3
1Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Escola Politécnica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia em Saúde, Curitiba, PR , Brazil.
Objective:
To reflect on the contributions of representing nursing practice elements in the ISO 18.104:2023 standard.
Method:
This is a theoretical study with standard analysis. Categorical structures were described to represent nursing practice in terminological systems and contributions identified in the parts of the version were analyzed.
Results:
There is innovation in the inclusion of nurse sensitive outcomes, nursing action, nursing diagnosis explanation as an indicator of nursing service demand and complexity of care, representation of concepts through mental maps and suggestion of use of restriction models for nursing actions. It describes that the Nursing Process is constituted by nursing diagnosis, nursing action and nurse sensitive outcomes.
Final Considerations:
Indicating a nursing diagnosis as an indicator will bring benefits for knowledge production and decision-making. Although care outcomes are not exclusive responses to nursing action, the modifiable attributes of a nursing diagnosis generate knowledge about clinical practice, nursing action effectiveness and subjects of care' health state. There is coherence in understanding the Nursing Process concept evolution.
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