title: Brazilian validation of the nursing outcomes for acute pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Validate the outcomes from the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) for the Acute Pain nursing diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The content validation of the seven NOC outcomes and their respective indicators was performed using an adaptation of Fehring's model and was analyzed by descriptive statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six were classified as critical and one was classified as supplemental. From the total of 118 indicators, 103 were validated. Of these, 27 were classified as critical and 76 as supplemental.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of the NOC is a viable alternative for the assessment and identification of best practices in nursing care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Validation studies of nursing classifications corroborate the use of the component elements of these instruments in a variety of care settings.
authors: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, RGS, Brazil.
authors: Amália
authors: A
authors: de Fátima Lucena
authors: Ilesca
authors: I
authors: Holsbach
authors: Lisiane
authors: L
authors: Pruinelli
authors: Adriana
authors: A
authors: Serdotte Freitas Cardoso
authors: Bruna
authors: B
authors: Schroeder Mello
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome