Nursing diagnoses in hospitalized children

• Autor(a) principal: Lopes, Thayane Alves Moura César
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Monteiro, Maria de Fátima Vasques, Oliveira, Joseph Dimas de, Oliveira, Dayanne Rakelly de, Pinheiro, Ana Karina Bezerra, Damasceno, Simone Soares
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/28787
• topic: Processo de Enfermagem; Criança Hospitalizada; Diagnóstico de enfermagem

Objective: to describe the frequency of nursing diagnoses in hospitalized children. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study carried out in a hospital for children, from 738 medical records. Data analysis was based on descriptive statistics. Results: a frequency of 2,100 nursing diagnoses was identified, distributed in 15 diagnostic concepts, six domains, and 12 classes, according to NANDA-I Taxonomy II. The most prevalent diagnoses were: ineffective respiratory pattern (18.7%), hyperthermia (15.2%), impaired sleep pattern (11.1%), unbalanced nutrition: less than body needs (10.8%), fear (9.3%), acute pain (7.1%) and diarrhea (6.7%). Conclusion: five nursing diagnoses were described in hospitalized children: “ineffective respiratory pattern”, “hyperthermia”, “diarrhea”, “fear” and “acute pain”. The first three diagnoses are closely related to the conditions that determine the major causes of hospitalization in childhood: acute respiratory infections and gastroenteritis.