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. 2016 Sep 29;37(3):e55316.
doi: 10.1590/1983-1447.2016.03.55316.

Assessing nursing diagnoses and interventions in labour and high-risk pregnancies

[Article in Portuguese, English]
Ana Lúcia de Medeiros  1 , Sérgio Ribeiro Dos Santos  1 , Rômulo Wanderley de Lima Cabral  2 , Juliana Paiva Góes Silva  3 , Neyce de Matos Nascimento  3
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Assessing nursing diagnoses and interventions in labour and high-risk pregnancies

[Article in Portuguese, English]
Ana Lúcia de Medeiros et al. Rev Gaucha Enferm. .
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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the use of nursing diagnoses and interventions proposed for women in labour and high-risk pregnancies.

Method: This is a descriptive, retrospective study with documentary analysis of 1000 medical records and a checklist conducted from July to September 2014, at a maternity hospital in Paraiba, Brazil. It consisted of analysing descriptive measures and comparing the relationship between nursing diagnoses and interventions using NANDA - International and the Nursing Interventions Classification.

Results: The most common diagnoses in labour were acute pain (62%), fatigue (24.7%), and anxiety (22%). For high-risk pregnant women they were impaired sleep and rest (100%), risk of infection (81.8%), and anxiety (77.2%). The interventions were hand washing (80.8%) and identify and accommodate patient in the bed (78%).

Conclusion: The diagnoses express needs during parturition and the psychobiological changes in high-risk pregnancy. The interventions are disconnected from the diagnoses and should therefore be reviewed and altered.

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