J Korean Acad Fundam Nurs.  2015 Feb;22(1):16-24. 10.7739/jkafn.2015.22.1.16.

Analysis of Nursing Diagnoses Applied to Emergency Room Patients: Using the NANDA Nursing Diagnosis Classification

• Kim YA
• Choi SH

• KMID: 1994738
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7739/jkafn.2015.22.1.16

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.

Keyword

Nursing diagnosis; Emergency room

MeSH Terms

Acute Pain
Checklist
Classification*
Emergencies
Emergency Nursing
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Humans
Nursing Care
Nursing Diagnosis*