A pilot study to validate the priority nursing interventions classification interventions and nursing outcomes classification outcomes for the nursing diagnosis "excess fluid volume" in cardiac patients.
OBJECTIVE
To validate the content of the priority Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) interventions and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)-suggested outcomes for cardiac patients with the nursing diagnosis excess fluid volume in the Brazilian context.


METHODS
The content of the interventions and outcomes was scored by seven expert nurses using a Likert scale, using the Fehring model.


RESULTS
From the 83 activities of the priority NIC interventions, nine had scores lower than 0.5 (nonuseful) and 50 had scores higher than 0.8 (major); from the 53 indicators of the suggested NOC outcomes, eight scored lower than 0.5 and 26 had scores higher than 0.8.


CONCLUSIONS
The majority of the NIC interventions and NOC outcomes were considered useful by the Brazilian Cardiology expert nurses.


CONCLUSIONS
Clinical studies are an important strategy for validation of the usefulness of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, NIC, and NOC language in clinical protocols. Additional studies are necessary to confirm the findings of this pilot study.
Heart Institute of São Paulo, State University College of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil. julianalimalopes@gmail.com
Juliana de Lima
Jde L
Lopes
Alba Lucia Bottura Leite
AL
de Barros
Jeanne Liliane Marlene
JL
Michel
D001938:Brazil; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing*; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance