Accuracy of the Defining Characteristics of the Sexual Dysfunction Nursing Diagnosis in Women with Breast Cancer.

Purpose: To analyze the accuracy of the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis of sexual dysfunction in women undergoing pharmacological treatment for breast cancer.

Methods: A cross-sectional accuracy study with statistical analysis.

Findings: Alteration in sexual satisfaction was the defining characteristic with the highest sensitivity value, while perceived sexual limitation was the defining characteristic with the highest value for both sensitivity and specificity.

Accuracy of the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis for fatigue in women under radiotherapy.

Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis for "fatigue in women with breast cancer under radiotherapy".

Method: Study of diagnostic accuracy, with cross-sectional design, performed in 130 women with breast cancer under radiation treatment. A data collection instrument was used to evaluate clinical socio-demographics and to investigate the presence or absence of defining characteristics for fatigue.

Respiratory status of adult patients in the postoperative period of thoracic or upper abdominal surgeries.

Objective: to evaluate the respiratory status of postoperative adult patients by assessing the nursing outcome Respiratory Status.

Method: descriptive, cross-sectional study developed with 312 patients. Eighteen NOC indicators were assessed and rated using a Likert-scale questionnaire and definitions.

Acceptability of Clinical Decision Support Interface Prototypes for a Nursing Electronic Health Record to Facilitate Supportive Care Outcomes.

Purpose: To determine the acceptability, usefulness, and ease of use for four nursing clinical decision support interface prototypes.

Methods: In a simulated hospital environment, 60 registered nurses (48 female; mean age = 33.7 ± 10.

Toward Meaningful Care Plan Clinical Decision Support: Feasibility and Effects of a Simulated Pilot Study.

Background: Clinical decision support (CDS) tools-with easily understood and actionable information, at the point of care-are needed to help registered nurses (RNs) make evidence-based decisions. Not clear are the optimal formats of CDS tools. Thorough, preclinical testing is desirable to avoid costly errors associated with premature implementation in electronic health records.

Towards Usable E-Health. A Systematic Review of Usability Questionnaires.

Background: The use of e-health can lead to several positive outcomes. However, the potential for e-health to improve healthcare is partially dependent on its ease of use. In order to determine the usability for any technology, rigorously developed and appropriate measures must be chosen.

A Shovel-Ready Solution to Fill the Nursing Data Gap in the Interdisciplinary Clinical Picture.

Purpose: To critically evaluate 2014 American Academy of Nursing (AAN) call-to-action plan for generating interoperable nursing data.

Data Sources: Healthcare literature.

Data Synthesis: AAN's plan will not generate the nursing data needed to participate in big data science initiatives in the short term because Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes and Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms are not yet ripe for generating interoperable data.

Ineffective breathing pattern in cardiac postoperative patients: Diagnostic accuracy study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the accuracy of the defining characteristics of ineffective breathing pattern (IBP) in postoperative cardiac patients.

Methods: A diagnostic accuracy study was performed with 98 patients. Measures of sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, likelihood ratios, diagnostic odds ratio, and area under the ROC curve were calculated.

Ineffective airway clearance in adult patients after thoracic and upper abdominal surgery.

Aim: The aim of this study is to analyze the accuracy of the defining characteristics of ineffective airway clearance (IAC) in patients after thoracic and upper abdominal surgery.

Background: Although numerous studies have described the most prevalent respiratory NANDA-I diagnoses, only few investigates the precision of nursing assessments.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 192 patients in a surgical clinic.

Developing and Testing of a Software Prototype to Support Diagnostic Reasoning of Nursing Students.

Purpose: To design and test educational software to improve nursing students' diagnostic reasoning through NANDA-I-based clinical scenarios.

Methods: A mixed method approach was used and included content validation by a panel of 13 experts and prototype testing by a sample of 56 students.

Findings: Experts' suggestions included writing adjustments, new response options, and replacement of clinical information on the scenarios.

Clinical validation of the NANDA-I diagnosis of impaired memory in elderly patients.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to perform a clinical validation of the defining characteristics of impaired memory (IM) in elderly patients at a long-term care institution.

Methods: A sample of 123 elderly patients was evaluated with a questionnaire designed to identify IM according to the NANDA-I taxonomy. Accuracy measures were calculated for the total sample and for males and females separately.

Questionnaire Adapting: Little Changes Mean a Lot.

Questionnaire development involves rigorous testing to ensure reliability and validity. Due to time and cost constraints of developing new questionnaires, researchers often adapt existing questionnaires to better fit the purpose of their study. However, the effect of such adaptations is unclear.

The construction and evaluation of new educational software for nursing diagnoses: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Student nurses often have difficulties with diagnostic inferences. To achieve high accuracy nursing diagnoses, effective learning strategies are required.

Objective: To describe the construction and evaluation of new educational software called Wise Nurse, which was developed to increase the capacity of student nurses to identify nursing diagnoses (NDx) and to establish relationships between NDx, defining characteristics (DC), and related factors (RF).

Use of Simulation to Study Nurses' Acceptance and Nonacceptance of Clinical Decision Support Suggestions.

Our long-term goal was to ensure nurse clinical decision support works as intended before full deployment in clinical practice. As part of a broader effort, this pilot project explored factors influencing acceptance/nonacceptance of eight clinical decision support suggestions displayed in an electronic health record-based nursing plan of care software prototype. A diverse sample of 21 nurses participated in this high-fidelity clinical simulation experience and completed a questionnaire to assess reasons for accepting/not accepting the clinical decision support suggestions.

Defining the key clinical indicators for ineffective breathing pattern in paediatric patients: a meta-analysis of accuracy studies.

Aims And Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the key clinical indicators of ineffective breathing pattern among paediatric patients.

Background: When nurses perform clinical reasoning, certain characteristics represent the clinical indicators necessary to confirm the presence of a particular diagnosis. Some quantitative studies have reported the prevalence of ineffective breathing pattern in different samples of patients.

Clinical Indicators of Impaired Gas Exchange in Cardiac Postoperative Patients.

Purpose: To analyze the accuracy of the defining characteristics of impaired gas exchange (IGE).

Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out in 93 cardiac postoperative adult patients. The 19 NANDA-I defining characteristics related to IGE were evaluated.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the accuracy of clinical indicators for ineffective airway clearance.

Aim: To report quantitative evidence for the accuracy of the defining characteristics of ineffective airway clearance in different settings and populations.

Background: Defining characteristics are tests used by nurses to clinically indicate the presence or absence of a particular nursing diagnosis. A few studies have reported the accuracy of certain defining characteristics of ineffective airway clearance, but these studies address specific populations with particular needs.

Clinical indicators of 'caregiver role strain' in caregivers of stroke patients.

The main objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of the nursing diagnosis caregiver role strain (CRS) in caregivers of patients with stroke and to identify the accuracy of this diagnosis's clinical indicators. A total of 42 stroke patient caregivers who provided in-home care services in a city in north-eastern Brazil. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of clinical indicators of nursing diagnosis 'CRS' were analyzed.

[Situational low self-esteem in pregnant women: an analysis of accuracy].

To investigate the accuracy of defining characteristics of Situational low self-esteem we developed a cross-sectional study, with 52 pregnant women assisted in a family centre. The NANDA-I taxonomy was used as well as the Rosenberg's scale. The diagnosis was present in 32.

[Scales for evaluation of the overload of caregivers of patients with stroke].

The objective of the study was to evaluate the available productions in literature about scales to measure the overload of caregivers of patients with stroke. It was carried out a bibliographical revision in three databases: LILACS, CINAHL and SCOPUS. In 23 works, 24 different scales were identified, and the most cited were: the Caregiver Strain Index, the Caregiver Burden Scale, the Caregiver Reaction Assessment, the Sense of Competence Questionnaire, the Relatives Stress Scale and the Zarit Burden Interview.

[Follow-up study of respiratory nursing diagnoses in children with acute respiratory infection].

Objective: To determine the baseline prevalence and incidence rates of Impaired Gas Exchange (IGE), Ineffective Airway Clearance (IAC) and Ineffective Breathing Pattern (IBP) in children with acute respiratory infection.

Method: A prospective open cohort study was conducted in two public hospitals specialized in child care in the months from January to June of 2011. The sample consisted of 136 children with acute respiratory infection, which lasted a minimum of six and maximum of ten consecutive days.

Clinical indicators of ineffective airway clearance for patients in the cardiac postoperative period.

Background: The accuracy of an indicator determines the direct relationship between a defining characteristic and the presence or absence of a specific nursing diagnosis.

Aims: To analyse the accuracy of the clinical indicators of ineffective airway clearance in patients during the postoperative period of cardiac surgery.

Methods: A total of 98 patients recruited from a postoperative unit were included in the study.