International Journal of Nursing Knowledge

To evaluate if nursing diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes, as recorded by nurses in Italian hospitals, were semantically equivalent to the NANDA-I, NIC, and NOC (NNN) terminology.

A cross-mapping study using a multicenter design. Terms indicating nursing diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes were collected using the D-Catch instrument. Cross-mapping of these terms with NNN terminology was performed.

A sample of 137 nursing documentations was included. Over 80% of nursing diagnostic terms, interventions, and outcomes were cross-mapped into NNN terminology.

The study showed that most of the natural terms used by nurses were semantically equivalent to the standardized terms of NNN terminology.

In Italy, the use of NNN terminology is recommended; however, further development of this terminology is needed.

Nursing classification systems are used to report nursing practices and maintain a unified documentation language. Nursing interventions classification (NIC) and nursing outcomes classification (NOC) are among the recognized terminology systems.

To examine the extent of reporting NIC/NOC in nursing research.

A systematic review following PRISMA guidelines.

A literature search in three electronic databases was performed.

A total of (18) articles were included. Nine studies were conducted to describe the commonly used NIC/NOC, six studies validated the effectiveness of classification systems, and two studies compared different nursing classification systems.

The available evidence is limited by the quality of the studies. We recommend examining the use of NIC/NOC in nursing documentation using an experimental design.

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

A cross-sectional accuracy study with statistical analysis.

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.

Perceived sexual limitation is a good clinical indicator to infer initial stages of sexual dysfunction and to confirm its presence.

Accurate diagnostics allow devising an action plan directed to the patients’ real needs, helping prescribe and deliver the appropriate nursing interventions.

To develop and pilot the DD-14 scale, a 14-indicator scale based on the Nursing Outcome Classification “Dignified life closure” (1307).

Sixteen experts selected 14 indicators for Spanish populations. Six care home nurses piloted the scale in 50 terminal patients without cognitive impairment. Factorial and reliability analyses were performed and correlations were determined with dependency, symptomatology, and palliative care quality.

DD-14 demonstrated high reliability (α = 0.916) and a stable factorial structure. It was not influenced by sex, age, or disease and correlated positively with the Barthel index (r = .622; p = .00) and negatively with the Palliative Outcome Scale (r = −.542;p = .00).

DD-14 is a useful scale for evaluating end-of-life dignity.

This instrument could be useful in planning nursing interventions.

The quality of nursing care is related to the execution of the nursing process, which should be properly documented. In this context, there is an evident need to implement electronic health records with the use of standardized languages.

To implement electronic records related to nursing diagnoses in a computerized health management system.

The project followed four stages, based on the plan-do-check-act tool. This tool guided the activities to be carried out in the axes: planning, execution of activities, evaluation, and action. The activities performed included: registration of nursing diagnoses and related factors, as well as the association of these in the Tasy software, test execution, and applicability assessment.

We included 229 nursing diagnoses and these were associated with 1,664 related factors, a decision tree with 436 defining characteristics was also constructed, which allows the software to suggest nursing diagnoses according to the related signs and symptoms.

The practical consolidation of the steps of the nursing process was verified as well as the possibility of nurses assessing the patients by way of a clinical reasoning and decision making in coherence with the human needs of the patient.

To construct a questionnaire for measuring knowledge of a diabetic diet and validate its contents.

This study was carried out in three stages: (a) generation of items, (b) apparent and content validation, (c) cognitive pilot test.

An 88-item questionnaire was obtained with a content validity index and a representativeness index of 0.87. The experts modified the items that did not reach the preset values. The cognitive test was shown to be feasible, with good exploratory values of reliability and concurrent validity.

The CoNOCidiet-Diabetes questionnaire was obtained from the NOC outcome “Knowledge: Prescribed Diet” and its contents were validated.

This research shows the usefulness of the NOC for generating tools to measure health outcomes sensitive to nursing interventions.

This article describes the concept of disturbed body image in bariatric surgery patients.

Walker and Avant's (2011) method of concept analysis is used in this study.

After bariatric surgery, the patient's body may change more rapidly than their allocentric (“inside, lived”) view of themselves, leading to physical and psychosocial sequelae.

If not prepared physically and psychologically for body image challenges after bariatric surgery, patients may experience disturbed body image in the postoperative phase.

Understanding the concept of disturbed body image in postoperative bariatric surgery patients may allow health providers to provide preoperative teaching and preparation, as well as postoperative interventions to create congruence between the patient's internal and external selves.