International Journal of Nursing Knowledge

This review evaluates the effectiveness of using standardized terminologies in nursing.

A systematic literature review was performed via PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, and OVID databases for articles published between January 1973 and September 2020. The Effective Public Health Practice Project's Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies was used to assess the quality of all included studies.

Fourteen studies were selected for data extraction and analysis, which included a total of 24,243 patients and 99 nurses. Of the studies that met the inclusion criteria, the quality of five were of high quality, one was of moderate quality, and eight was of weak quality. All articles were summarized according to two themes: the identification of common outcomes or interventions, and the validation or evaluation of the effectiveness of standard nursing terminology sets.

Standardized terminologies in nursing help nurses to implement care plans according to nursing procedures, supervise changes in patients' sensitive indicators, improve patients' health outcomes, and contribute to evidence-based nursing practices and global data resource sharing.

Standardized nursing terminologies have positive effects on clinical practice, are essential for enriching nurses' knowledge, and alter nurses’ attitudes regarding education and guidance, which promotes the clinical application of these terminologies.

This study was designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the newly completed unemployment syndrome scale (USS).

Using a cross-sectional descriptive design, 319 long-term unemployed people completed a questionnaire.

Internal consistency reliability was supported by Cronbach's α value of .912 for the total scale. To assess the construct validity of the USS, we examined convergent validity, known-groups validity, and exploratory factor analysis. We also assessed convergent validity by examining the relationship between the USS and five other related and known concepts. The Exploratory Factor Analysis performed on the USS extracted three factors with Eigen values >1 (Kaiser's Criterion), which explained the variability of 55.16%. As hypothesized, all correlations were moderate. On the other hand, regarding known-groups validity, the hypotheses were validated.

This evidence of the reliability and validity of USS supports its use in research and clinical practice to evaluate the impact of long-term unemployment and its treatment.

The USS is a Spanish clinical tool for the assessment of patients with unemployment syndrome symptoms and integral needs care by nursing professionals.

This study aimed to identify diagnostic indicators associated with the nursing diagnosis risk-prone health behaviors in pregnant adolescents.

We conducted a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 181 pregnant adolescents. A latent class analysis was conducted to verify associations between the defining characteristics of risk-prone health behaviors and diagnostic accuracy measures. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with the manifestation of risk-prone health behavior.

The prevalence of risk-prone health behaviors in this sample was 31.04%. The defining characteristics failure to take action that prevents health problems and inappropriate eating habits achieved a high sensitivity. The related factors such as insufficient social support, stressors, low self-efficacy, social anxiety, isolated region of residence, and restricted access to health services presented significant associations with risk-prone health behavior.

The diagnostic indicators associated with the nursing diagnosis of risk-prone health behavior were failure to take action that prevents health problems inappropriate eating habits, insufficient social support, stressors, low self-efficacy, social anxiety, isolated region of residence, and restricted access to health services.

This study contributes to knowledge about the diagnostic indicators of risk-prone health behavior, which may help nurses reach the proper diagnosis. This will facilitate the application of clinical judgment in nursing care to assist pregnant adolescents.