title: [Fluid volume deficit: profile of defining characteristics in patients with burns].
abstract: The present study aimed at describing the profile of defining characteristics in patients with the nursing diagnosis "Fluid volume deficit" related to active loss of fluid secondary to burns. Data were collected by means of a tool, containing 29 possible defining characteristics of this diagnosis. Seven nurses, that worked at the Burnt Unit for at least five years ago, provided opinions about the degree to which each defining characteristic is indicative of this diagnosis. Nurses rated each defining characteristic of diagnosis being tested on a scale of zero to one. The results confirmed all, except one (increased body temperature) defining characteristics presented by NANDA for this diagnosis and indicated 10 new defining characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto-Universidade de São Paulo (DEGE, EERP-USP).
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dalri
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ferraz
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashida
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000451:nursing*