title: Identifying and validating nursing diagnoses in a gynecologic ambulatory-care setting.
abstract: This descriptive study was conducted to identify the nursing diagnoses made in providing care to 100 gynecologic ambulatory-care patients and to determine the defining characteristics of the three most frequently made diagnoses. Nurse-observers studied nurse and patient interactions, recorded the defining characteristics, and assigned a nursing diagnosis to the patient. Twenty-five nursing diagnoses were used in the study, and the type and frequency of the defining characteristics varied. The findings of the study will add to the nursing diagnoses' knowledge base.
authors.affiliation: Ambulatory Care Operations, University of Cincinnati Hospital, OH 45267-0817.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swehla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012648:Self Care