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Nursing diagnosis with the ICNP ® in the teaching context
Author(s) -
Zarzycka D.,
GórajekJóźwik J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2004.00249.x
Subject(s) - nursing , context (archaeology) , medicine , psychology , history , archaeology
Background: The premise for the research study was the authors’ conviction that the use of nursing diagnostic taxonomies allows the nurse to formulate a thorough and valid diagnosis. Aim: To verify the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP ® ) in the context of a Polish academic nursing programme. Research questions: Do nursing diagnoses made traditionally and those made with the ICNP ® reflect the patient’s/client's condition? Is the range and type of the two kinds of diagnoses similar or different? Is the level of detail in both types of diagnoses compatible? Methods: Quasi‐experiment in which the experimental group diagnosed patients by means of the ICNP ® and the control group formulated nursing diagnoses by means of an intellectual decision‐making process. Study groups: 44 students in a MNurs. Programme, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Medical University in Lublin, Poland. Conclusions: The range and type of nursing diagnoses do not depend on the method used in their formulation. The ICNP ® diagnoses are compatible with the traditionally formulated ones. The unbalanced size of the experimental and the study groups negatively influenced the validity of conclusions.