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Reconceptualization of the nursing diagnosis decreased cardiac output
1Veterans Administration Puget Sound Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Abstract
Topic:
The parameters of the diagnoses decreased cardiac output.
Purpose:
To propose an alternative conceptual structure for cardiac output that links conceptual parameters with clinical and hemodynamic data.
Source:
Past discussions and research investigations.
Conclusion:
Careful analysis illustrates several diagnoses are contained within cardiac output at differing levels of abstraction. Testing of the model, including linking diagnoses with nursing interventions and outcomes, is suggested.