Children's nursing diagnosis in appendectomy post surgery

Abstract

This is a descriptive-exploratory study whose goal was to determine the profile of nursing diagnosis and to identify the defining characteristics, related factors and risk factors in children during appendectomy post-surgery. Seventeen children admitted to a Public Hospital in Ceará were observed from May to June 2009. The instrument of data collection was the patient's medical reports and a guide elaborated according to the Taxonomy II from the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA). The information obtained determined the human answers, the defining characteristics as well as the related and risk factors. 13 different nursing diagnosis, 21 defining characteristics and 16 related factors were identified. Through the nursing diagnosis identification in the patients, the nurses can recommend specific interventions and can provide the implementation of effective and immediate actions to solve the identified problems. This study offers thus a basis to nursing care systematization to patients in appendectomy post-surgery.