Subset of nursing diagnoses for the elderly in Primary Health Care

Authors

  • Jorge Wilker Bezerra Clares Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Maria Vilaní Cavalcante Guedes Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Lúcia de Fátima da Silva Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Maria Miriam Lima da Nóbrega Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Maria Célia de Freitas Universidade Estadual do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-623420160000200013

Abstract

OBJECTIVE To develop a subset of nursing diagnoses for the elderly followed in primary health care based on the bank of terms for clinical nursing practice with the elderly, in the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP(r)) version 2013, and on the Model of Nursing Care. METHOD Descriptive study developed in sequential steps of construction and validation of the bank of terms, elaboration of the nursing diagnoses based on the guidelines of the International Council of Nurses and the bank of terms, and categorization of diagnostics according to the Care Model. RESULTS The total of 127 nursing diagnoses were elaborated from 359 validated terms, distributed according to the basic human needs. CONCLUSION It is expected that these diagnoses will form the basis for the planning of nursing care and use of a unified language for documentation of clinical nursing practice with the elderly in primary care.

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Published

2016-04-01

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Original Article

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How to Cite

Clares, J. W. B., Guedes, M. V. C., Silva, L. de F. da, Nóbrega, M. M. L. da, & Freitas, M. C. de. (2016). Subset of nursing diagnoses for the elderly in Primary Health Care . Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 50(2), 272-278. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-623420160000200013