title: [Nursing diagnoses for patients at risk of developing pressure ulcer].
abstract: This cross-sectional study aimed to identify nursing diagnoses in critical patients at risk of developing pressure ulcer. It was carried out at an Intensive Care Unit in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, using an intentional sample of thirteen subjects at risk of pressure ulcer, evaluated according to the Waterlow scale. In total, 45 nursing diagnoses were evidenced, seventeen of which were clinically significant for the development of pressure ulcer. The frequency levels for nine of these nursing diagnoses were ≥ 80%, mainly: Impaired skin integrity (100%), Impaired walking (87%), Impaired swallowing (80%), Impaired bed mobility (80%) and Impaired gas exchange (80%). The knowledge of those nursing diagnoses is important in detecting the effects and clinical basis of skin lesions.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Doutorando, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Thiago Moura
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.forename: Márcio Flávio Moura
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.forename: Joselany Áfio
authors.initials: JÁ
authors.lastname: Caetano
authors.forename: Marli Teresinha Gimenez
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Galvão
authors.forename: Marta Maria Coelho
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Damasceno
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors