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The Nursing Diagnosis of “Death Anxiety”: Content Validation by Experts
Author(s) -
FernándezDonaire Lidia,
RomeroSánchez José Manuel,
PalomaCastro Olga,
BoixaderEstévez Francesc,
PorcelGálvez Ana María
Publication year - 2019
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 - 10.1111/2047-3095.12231
Subject(s) - nursing diagnosis , death anxiety , anxiety , content analysis , nursing practice , psychology , medicine , nursing , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medical diagnosis , pathology , social science , sociology
PURPOSE To validate the content of the NANDA‐I diagnosis “death anxiety” (00147). METHODS Descriptive study using the Fehring model with 202 Spanish nurses who were expert in end‐of‐life care to explore the adequacy of the components of the NANDA‐I diagnosis “death anxiety” (00147) in the Spanish edition. FINDINGS None of the diagnosis definitions were considered as representative. Furthermore, 5 of the 56 defining characteristics and 5 of the 26 related factors were validated as major. CONCLUSIONS In general, the components of the diagnosis “death anxiety” (00147) in the Spanish edition are not representative according to experts. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE The results support the need to either exclude the diagnosis from the taxonomy or adjust its content.