Identifying nursing interventions captured in patients with stroke by Korean nursing students: Nursing interventions...

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Neurology
• Rehabilitation

Background:

• Stroke care requires specialized nursing interventions.
• Standardized classification of nursing interventions is crucial for effective patient management.
• Understanding the interventions used by nursing students provides insight into current practices.

Purpose of the Study:

• To identify and categorize nursing interventions used by Korean nursing students for stroke patients.
• To establish a basis for tailored nursing care plans specific to stroke patient characteristics.
• To inform the potential calculation of nursing fees based on documented interventions.

Main Methods:

• Descriptive data analysis of case scenarios written by nursing students.
• Utilized the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) system for analysis.
• Focused on clinical practice data from rehabilitation care settings.

Main Results:

• Identified 89 distinct nursing interventions for stroke patients.
• Classified these interventions into 7 domains and 24 classes within the NIC system.
• Vital signs monitoring emerged as the most frequent intervention (8.6%, N=244).

Conclusions:

• The identified nursing interventions provide a foundation for specialized stroke care protocols.
• This classification aids in standardizing nursing documentation and practice for stroke patients.
• The findings support the development of objective methods for calculating nursing fees in stroke rehabilitation.