Validation of nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes in a pediatric clinic

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 80 - 88
• Main Authors: Dantas, Ana Márcia Nóbrega, Silva, Kenya de Lima, Nóbrega, Maria Miriam Lima da
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01-01-2018
• Subjects: Children & youth; Clasificación de la Práctica; Enfermería; Estudios de Validación; Families & family life; Hospitals; Humans; Internet; Medical diagnosis; Nursing; Nursing care; Nursing Diagnosis - standards; Nursing Process - standards; Nursing Process - trends; Pediatrics; Procesos de Enfermería; Reproducibility of Results; Salud de Niños; Teenagers
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0647

To elaborate operational definitions for the Nomenclature nursing diagnoses, interventionsand outcomes of the Pediatric Clinic at a University Hospital and carry out a validation of the content and clinical aspects of this Nomenclature.
Methodological research, developed in two stages: documentary study, for the validation of content of the operational definitions of nursing diagnoses; and secondly applied research, via clinical cases, performed with children from 0 to 5 years.
The 126 diagnoses were submitted to consensus validation and 55.6% were validated. Six clinical case studies were carried out, using the phases of the nursing process, based on the theory of Basic Human Needs, identifying 24.3% of the validated diagnoses and 54.5% of the nursing interventions listed in the Nomenclature.
The study showed the effectiveness of using the Nomenclature in the Pediatric Clinic, in order to optimize the care andquality of health services.