title: [Mapping the nursing care with the NIC for patients in risk for pressure ulcer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the nursing care prescribed for patients in risk for pressure ulcer (PU) and to compare those with the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross mapping study conducted in a university hospital. The sample was composed of 219 adult patients hospitalized in clinical and surgical units. The inclusion criteria were: score ≤ 13 in the Braden Scale and one of the nursing diagnoses, Self-Care deficit syndrome, Impaired physical mobility, Impaired tissue integrity, Impaired skin integrity, Risk for impaired skin integrity. The data were collected retrospectively in a nursing prescription system and statistically analyzed by crossed mapping.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was identified 32 different nursing cares to prevent PU, mapped in 17 different NIC interventions, within them: Skin surveillance, Pressure ulcer prevention and Positioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cross mapping showed similarities between the prescribed nursing care and the NIC interventions.
authors: Fundação de Proteção Especial do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors: Ana Gabriela Silva
authors: AG
authors: Pereira
authors: Nursing School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors: Cássia Teixeira Dos
authors: CT
authors: Santos
authors: Nursing Public Health Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors: Dóris Baratz
authors: DB
authors: Menegon
authors: Nursing School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors: Bruna Schroeder
authors: BS
authors: Mello
authors: Nursing School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors: Fernanda
authors: F
authors: Azambuja
authors: Nursing School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, afatimalucena@gmail.com.
authors: Amália de Fátima
authors: Ade F
authors: Lucena
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors