title: Measuring elderly care through the use of a nursing conceptual model and the international classification for nursing practice(®).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nursing models and terminologies can contribute to research the nature of nursing care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to describe nursing diagnoses in acute- and long-term elderly care.
  
  
  METHODS
  A point prevalence survey was conducted on 240 patients. The International Classification for Nursing Practice was used to describe nursing diagnoses, and a conceptual model was used to categorize them in nursing needs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 2,673 diagnoses were detected. Mean was higher in nursing home than in hospital (t test =-3.688; p = .0003). Prevalent diagnoses were significantly different.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High complexity, with different issues for nurses, was observed both in acute- and in long-term settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results could help to comprehend the nature of older persons needs and could contribute to the development of an International Classification for Nursing Practice catalogue for elderly care.
authors.affiliation: MultiMedica Group-University of Milan Bicocca, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy. davideausili@gmail.com
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ausili
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sironi
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rasero
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coenen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011787:Quality of Health Care