Analysis of Nursing Diagnoses Applied to Emergency Room Patients: Using the NANDA Nursing Diagnosis Classification.
10.7739/jkafn.2015.22.1.16
- Author:
Young A KIM
1
;
Soon Hee CHOI
Author Information
1. Chonnam National University Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nursing diagnosis;
Emergency room
- MeSH:
Acute Pain;
Checklist;
Classification*;
Emergencies;
Emergency Nursing;
Emergency Service, Hospital*;
Humans;
Nursing Care;
Nursing Diagnosis*
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2015;22(1):16-24
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to identify essential nursing diagnoses using NANDA and their related factors and defining characteristics of patients who were cared in an emergency room. METHODS: The research checklist developed by the researcher consisted of 44 nursing diagnoses with defining characteristics and related factors and was applied to 235 patients who were admitted to an emergency room from November 1 to December 31, 2012. RESULTS: Forty-one of forty-four nursing diagnoses were identified. The most frequent nursing diagnoses were acute pain, risk for falls, and activity intolerance. The most frequent defining characteristic for the nursing diagnosis of 'acute pain' was verbal report of pain. The agreement rate with NANDA (2009)'s defining characteristics was 66.7%. CONCLUSION: Results indicate that identification of essential nursing diagnoses and their defining characteristics and related/risk factors is important for emergency patient nursing care to facilitate use of NANDA taxonomy in the emergency nursing practice and documentation systems.
