Nursing Diagnoses

The CCC of Nursing Diagnoses (2.0) consists of 182 nursing diagnostic concepts (59 major & 123 sub-categories). The major categories represent concrete patient problems and the sub-categories represent more precise related concepts. They depict patient problems requiring clinical care by nurses and other health care providers. The outcomes for the diagnoses are depicted by one of three qualifiers: Improved, Stabilized, or Deteriorated - totaling 546 concepts.

Definition

A nursing diagnosis is "a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes. Nursing diagnoses provide the basis for selection of nursing interventions to achieve outcomes for which the nurse is accountable" (NANDA, 1992 p. 5). Nursing diagnoses are concepts used to describe actual and potential health problems of clients. They describe clinical nursing practice in a uniform manner.

Description

The CCC of Nursing Diagnoses were derived from the 40,361 nursing diagnoses and/or patient problems collected from the research study patients for an entire episode of care as requiring nursing services including the actual outcome on discharge. The diagnostic narrative statements were statistically analyzed using “key word” sorts resulting in the development of the major categories and sub-categories for the varying concept scopes and which were structured as noun clauses. The diagnoses were also mapped to the interventions that were considered the key ones to treat them.

Outcomes

The CCC of Nursing Diagnoses are expanded by three qualifiers that were derived from the diagnostic statements collected on admission and on discharge that were considered to be another facet of the statement. As a result, the expected outcomes were created by using one of the three qualifiers as the expected goal of the care on the admission and the actual outcomes were evaluated on discharge. This process makes it possible to measure and/or evaluate the care process. The interventions provide the evidence for measuring the care outcomes.

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Home About Manual Framework - Components - Diagnoses - Interventions Tables Tool Kit Translations References Contact	Nursing Diagnoses The CCC of Nursing Diagnoses (2.0) consists of 182 nursing diagnostic concepts (59 major & 123 sub-categories). The major categories represent concrete patient problems and the sub-categories represent more precise related concepts. They depict patient problems requiring clinical care by nurses and other health care providers. The outcomes for the diagnoses are depicted by one of three qualifiers: Improved, Stabilized, or Deteriorated - totaling 546 concepts. Definition A nursing diagnosis is "a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes. Nursing diagnoses provide the basis for selection of nursing interventions to achieve outcomes for which the nurse is accountable" (NANDA, 1992 p. 5). Nursing diagnoses are concepts used to describe actual and potential health problems of clients. They describe clinical nursing practice in a uniform manner. Description The CCC of Nursing Diagnoses were derived from the 40,361 nursing diagnoses and/or patient problems collected from the research study patients for an entire episode of care as requiring nursing services including the actual outcome on discharge. The diagnostic narrative statements were statistically analyzed using “key word” sorts resulting in the development of the major categories and sub-categories for the varying concept scopes and which were structured as noun clauses. The diagnoses were also mapped to the interventions that were considered the key ones to treat them. Outcomes The CCC of Nursing Diagnoses are expanded by three qualifiers that were derived from the diagnostic statements collected on admission and on discharge that were considered to be another facet of the statement. As a result, the expected outcomes were created by using one of the three qualifiers as the expected goal of the care on the admission and the actual outcomes were evaluated on discharge. This process makes it possible to measure and/or evaluate the care process. The interventions provide the evidence for measuring the care outcomes. For more information please visit the "Framework" and "Tables" Sections of this website.
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