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Utilization of nursing diagnosis in three Australian hospitals
Abstract
Purpose:
To document nursing diagnoses on nursing care plans in an Australian context where NANDA nursing diagnoses were utilized.
Methods:
An audit of 198 nursing care plans at three selected hospitals by three university lecturers involved in teaching nursing diagnosis.
Findings:
Pain was the nursing diagnosis most often documented; the majority of other diagnoses pertained to physical problems experienced by patients.
Conclusions:
The results of this research add to the knowledge of nursing diagnosis utilization and have implications for the provision of nursing care and its teaching and research.