Nursing diagnosis risk for bleeding as an indicator of quality of care for patient safety.

Objective: To describe the implantation of a care quality indicator associated to the nursing diagnosis of patients at high risk of bleeding, based on the alarming results of prothrombin time (PT), partially activated thromboplastin time (aPTT) and platelets.

Methods: Retrospective experience report of multidisciplinary actions developed in a university hospital. The stages of the study involved team meetings, search for effective communication strategies and creation of a new indicator of quality of care.

Nursing outcomes for Brazilian pediatric patients hospitalized with deficient diversional activity.

Purpose: To validate the content of nursing outcomes for pediatric patients hospitalized with a nursing diagnosis of deficient diversional activity.

Methods: The nursing outcomes were evaluated by expert nurses from a Brazilian hospital; the nurses used a Likert-type scale. We considered those that had a weighted average of ≥0.