Assessing nursing diagnoses and interventions in labour and high-risk pregnancies.

Objective: To evaluate the use of nursing diagnoses and interventions proposed for women in labour and high-risk pregnancies.

Method: This is a descriptive, retrospective study with documentary analysis of 1000 medical records and a checklist conducted from July to September 2014, at a maternity hospital in Paraiba, Brazil. It consisted of analysing descriptive measures and comparing the relationship between nursing diagnoses and interventions using NANDA - International and the Nursing Interventions Classification.