Validation studies of nursing diagnoses in neonatology

Common Symptoms, but Rare Diagnoses in Neonatology.

In this issue of Pediatric Annals, the articles discuss newborns who present with common neonatal symptomology, but have rare diagnostic outcomes. In the first article, Drs. Alison Chu and Harvey K. Chiu discuss tachypnea and hypoglycemia, commonly presenting symptoms during the newborn period. In the illustrated case, the early and persistent hypoglycemia was a clue to the newborn’s underlying...

Compliance and frequency of nursing diagnoses registered in pediatric oncology wards with Nanda nursing diagnosis

Background & Aim: Proper recording of the nursing report indicates the nurse’s optimal clinical performance and compliance with the standards. Nanda Nursing Diagnosis is one of the most important and widely used international standard terms for recording nursing care. The aim of this study was to determine the degree of compliance and frequency of nursing diagnoses registered in the pediatric o...

Nursing diagnoses in surgical clinic

DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/19820194201500006 Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil. Conflicts of interest: no conflicts of interest to declare. Abstract Objective: To identify the frequency of nursing diagnosis in patients in surgical clinic. Methods: A transverse, descriptive and exploratory study of quantitative approach, with data referring to 28 patients. The data collect...

Construction and validation of nursing diagnoses for people in palliative care 1

Objective: to construct and validate nursing diagnoses for people in palliative care based on the Dignity-Conserving Care Model and the International Classification for Nursing Practice. Method: a two-stage methodological study: 1) construction of the database of clinically and culturally relevant terms for the nursing care for people in palliative care and 2) construction of nursing diagnose...

Methods to validate nursing diagnoses.