title: The use of nursing diagnoses in perioperative documentation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To clinically validate the nursing diagnoses of the first Finnish version of Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS) by using them in perioperative documentation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nursing diagnoses were used in documentation in four operating departments with 250 patients. In analysis, nonparametric tests were applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  While intraoperatively nursing diagnoses focused on physiological concerns, postoperatively the focus shifted to that of recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings revealed the importance of safety-related routines in perioperative care. Nursing diagnoses in the Finnish version of PNDS are sensitive in describing the rationales for perioperative care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing classifications illustrate the nursing process in a structured form. Nursing diagnosis is an early step in the decision-making process that aims to achieve expected outcomes in nursing care.
authors.affiliation: Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Finland. kristiina.junttila@hus.fi
authors.forename: Kristiina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Junttila
authors.forename: Maija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hupli
authors.forename: Sanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salanterä
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009737:Nursing Records; D055815:Young Adult