Nursing diagnoses in chronic renal failure patients on hemodialysis

OBJECTIVE: To identify the most frequent nursing diagnoses in chronic renal failure patients on hemodialysis.METHODS: A cross-sectional study including 178 patients, selected by convenience sample, consecutively recruited. For data collection, interview guides and physical examination were used. An individual process of clinical judgment for the nursing diagnoses was performed and, for better accuracy, the results obtained underwent a process of paired review among the authors.RESULTS: Twenty-four nursing diagnoses were identified, of which the most frequent were: risk for infection (100%); excessive fluid volume (99.4%); and, hypothermia (61.8%).CONCLUSION: The most frequent diagnoses identified were included in the safety / protection and nutrition domains of NANDA-I.

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Main Authors:	Frazão,Cecília Maria Farias de Queiroz, Medeiros,Ana Beatriz de Almeida, Lima e Silva,Fernanda Beatriz Batista, Sá,Jéssica Dantas de, Lira,Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo 2014
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002014000100009
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