Aim: to analyze whether nursing goals formulated for nursing diagnoses can be mapped to nursing outcomes classification and to identify the scales most appropriate to the outcomes mapped.

Method: a descriptive study was developed in an intensive care unit. Data collection involved extraction of goals in 44 medical records, content standardization, cross-mapping to the outcomes, identification of appropriated scales and validation. Descriptive analysis and agreement with the cross-mapping process were performed.

Results: nursing goals (59) were mapped to (28) different outcomes, with agreement of 83% in the mapping process. All goals were mapped to outcomes, which allows to affirm that these outcomes contemplates the goals elaborated to patient care.

Conclusion: these results favor the inclusion of outcomes and scales validated in the planning and evaluation phases of the nursing process of a software in construction.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692012000500006DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

nursing goals
12
intensive care
8
care unit
8
outcomes
8
nursing outcomes
8
outcomes classification
8
goals mapped
8
mapped outcomes
8
goals
6
nursing
6

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!