Consensual validation of the nursing diagnoses fear and anxiety identified at the immediate preoperative period in patients undergoing elective surgery.

Autor: Suriano ML; Nursing Department, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo City, Brazil., Michel JM, Zeitoun SS, Herdman TH, de Barros AL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of nursing terminologies and classifications : the official journal of NANDA International [Int J Nurs Terminol Classif] 2011 Jul-Sep; Vol. 22 (3), pp. 133-41. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Apr 20.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-618X.2011.01181.x
Abstrakt: Purpose: To identify the most frequent defining characteristics (DCs) for the diagnoses fear and anxiety in Brazilian patients in the immediate preoperative period following elective cardiac surgery; to develop conceptual and operational definitions for the DCs; to develop consensual validation.
Methods: Clinical and observational, descriptive study developed in two phases.
Findings: Forty DCs were identified for fear and 19 for anxiety. One expert judged it necessary to include "altered bowel motility" as a DC for fear. There was 100% agreement among the five experts in relation to the DCs.
Conclusions: To add "altered bowel motility" to the DCs for the nursing diagnosis fear.
Implications for Practice: To enable nurses to more accurately assess patients for these diagnoses.
(© 2011, The Authors. International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications © 2011, NANDA International.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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