Nursing diagnostic in nursing’s professional practice in a surgical clinic - descriptive study

Nursing diagnostic expresses the nurse’s clinical judgment. Its uses point the necessity of standardizing terms used by means of terminologies. This study has as objective analyze the transcription nursing diagnostics from NANDA terminology, to ICNP terminology in a surgical clinic. Deals of a descr...

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Main Authors: Karla Crozeta, Maria Ribeiro Lacerda, Marineli Joaquim Meier, Mitzy Reichembach Danski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa 2008-11-01
Series:Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.uff.br/objnursing/index.php/nursing/article/view/j.1676-4285.2008.1867
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Summary:Nursing diagnostic expresses the nurse’s clinical judgment. Its uses point the necessity of standardizing terms used by means of terminologies. This study has as objective analyze the transcription nursing diagnostics from NANDA terminology, to ICNP terminology in a surgical clinic. Deals of a descriptive study, of qualitative approach, that occurred after bibliographic review of nursing diagnostics in specific literature, which were found in NANDA terminologies. It was opted to use ICNP for its universal terminologies. It was performed the diagnostics transcription, which was analyzed in three categories: diagnostic of risk, equal titles and titles with ample differentiation. In this way, this study points that the terminologies are complementary, and that both have advantages and disadvantages. The use of nursing diagnostics is a valuable tool for an autonomy and visible professional practice.
ISSN:1676-4285