Applicability of the NANDA-I and Nursing Interventions Classification taxonomies to mental health nursing practice.

Purpose: To assess the applicability of the systematization of nursing care (NCS) to outpatient nursing appointments using the NANDA-I and Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) taxonomies.

Methods: Data were collected from 40 patients who had appointments with a nurse who specialized in mental health. Nursing diagnoses (NDs) and interventions were classified using the NANDA-I and NIC taxonomies, respectively.

Impairment in psychosocial functioning in patients with different subtypes of eating disorders.

Objective: To examine psychosocial functioning in eating disorder (ED) patients with restrictive and purgative subtypes.

Method: Forty-four adult female patients with a diagnosis of ED were divided into restrictive (RP) and purgative (PP) groups according the presence of purgative symptoms. Functioning was assessed using the Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST) and the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF).