Factors that inhibit the use of nursing language.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of institutional, professional, and personal factors on nurses and on their efforts to make nursing diagnoses.


METHODS
A cross-sectional study was conducted in which all participants completed a questionnaire established to measure each individual group of factors. A score (0-100) was established to measure each group of factors.


RESULTS
Twenty-one nurses responded that their busy shifts, the number of patients per nurse, and their involvement with administrative tasks were the three parameters most frequently identified as interfering with implementing nursing diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
The recognition of these factors and improved institutional support may facilitate the implementation of nursing diagnoses.


CONCLUSIONS
Electronic records may contribute to the implementation of the nursing process, particularly if the identified signs and symptoms are documented and then linked to nursing diagnoses and interventions.
Paganin
Angelita
A
General University Hospital, Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Moraes
Maria Antonieta
MA
Pokorski
Simoni
S
Rabelo
Eneida Rejane
ER
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009626:Terminology as Topic