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Nursing Diagnoses in Inpatient Psychiatry
Author(s) -
Frauenfelder Fritz,
Achterberg Theo,
Needham Ian,
Müller Staub Maria
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of nursing knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2047-3095
pISSN - 2047-3087
DOI - 10.1111/2047-3095.12068
Subject(s) - medical diagnosis , nursing diagnosis , medicine , nursing , nursing outcomes classification , psychiatric diagnosis , medline , psychiatry , nursing care , family medicine , nursing research , team nursing , pathology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , political science , law
Purpose This study explored how well NANDA ‐ I covers the reality of adult inpatient psychiatric nursing care. Methods Patient observations documented by registered nurses in records were analyzed using content analysis and mapped with the classification NANDA ‐ I . Findings A total of 1,818 notes were examined and contained 46 different patient responses. Twenty‐nine patient responses were recognizable as NANDA ‐ I diagnoses at the level of definitions, 15 as diagnoses‐related factors, and 12 did not match with any NANDA ‐ I diagnosis. Conclusions This study demonstrates that NANDA ‐ I describes the adult inpatient psychiatric nursing care to a large extent. Nevertheless, further development of the classification is important. Implications for Nursing Practice The results of this study will spur nursing research and further classification development.