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.

Quality of life determinants in patients of a Psychosocial Care Center for alcohol and other drug users.

Quality of life assessments in patients receiving treatment for substance dependence can serve as one predictor of response to treatment. This study aimed to identify determinants of quality of life in patients of a Psychosocial Care Center for alcohol and other drug users (CAPSad). The sample consisted of 77 patients with a diagnosis of substance dependence being treated at CAPSad for more than six months.

[Application of concept map for the identification of nursing diagnosis].

This is an experience report, aiming at describing the application of the Concept Map as a strategy to develop critical thinking skills in the identification of priority nursing diagnoses in a clinical situation. An elaborated fictitious clinical case and the concept map, created by using the IHMC CmapTools computer program, are presented. It was concluded that the use of Concept Map to identify the nursing diagnoses led to the development of critical thinking skills; therefore, its use should be stimulated during the academic program.

Evaluation of the accuracy of nursing diagnoses in a Brazilian emergency service.

Purpose: The study aims to verify the accuracy of 10 prevalent nursing diagnoses (NDs) in the emergency service of a Brazilian university hospital.

Methods: The accuracy of 10 prevalent diagnoses was evaluated using the Lunney (1990) scale. The evaluation was based on data recorded from patient charts by nurses.

Aging as a related factor of the nursing diagnosis impaired memory: content validation.

PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to conduct a content validation for the elements of the nursing diagnosis Impaired Memory and include aging as a related factor. METHOD.