title: Profile of nursing diagnoses in patients with respiratory disorders.
abstract: Identify the profile of nursing diagnoses in patients with respiratory disorders.
  
  
  
  A descriptive and cross-sectional study involving 38 patients with respiratory problems, of referral hospitals, in a city in northeastern Brazil, in the period from August to October, 2012. Data collection was performed using a form and diagnostic inference was made according with the Taxonomy II of NANDA I.
  
  
  
  The average age of the patients was 46 years and males predominated (60.5%). The most frequent nursing diagnoses were: Risk for infection (97.3%), Acute pain (68.4%), Poor knowledge (68.4%), Sedentary lifestyle (65.7%), Ineffective airway clearance (65.7%), Risk-prone health behavior (63.1%), Activity intolerance (52.6%) and Disturbed sleep pattern (33.3%). Evaluated patients exhibited an average of 8.6 nursing diagnoses (SD = 2.8). With respect to the defining characteristics and related factors the average per person was 7.2 and 9.3, respectively.
  
  
  
  In this group of patients the most frequent diagnoses were the domain activity/rest. Knowledge of nursing diagnoses profile presented by people with respiratory disorders is important, because it is part of the Nursing Process and nurses who take care of such patients should exercise them in their care practice. Knowledge of the mains nursing diagnosis presented by patients with respiratory disorders are important for the practice of nurses who care for these patients, because it allows the choice of responses to problems of their clientele.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Naftale
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alves dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira (UNILAB), Acarape, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tahissa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frota Cavalcante
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, marcos@ufc.br.
authors.forename: Marcos Venícios
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Lopes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Emiliana
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bezerra Gomes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Crato, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Célida Juliana
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing; D012307:Risk Factors; D057185:Sedentary Behavior