[Development of the nursing diagnosis risk for pressure ulcer].
OBJECTIVE
The study objective was to develop the definition and compile the risk factors for a new Nursing Diagnosis entitled "Risk for pressure ulcer". The process was guided using the research question, "What are the risk factors for development of a PU and what is its definition?"


METHODS
An integrative literature review was conducted of articles published in Portuguese, English or Spanish from 2002 to 2012 and indexed on the Lilacs/SCIELO, MEDLINE/PubMed Central and Web of Science databases. The final sample comprised 21 articles that provided answers to the research question. These articles were analyzed and summarized in charts.


RESULTS
A definition was constructed and 19 risk factors were selected for the new nursing diagnosis, "Risk for pressure ulcer".


CONCLUSIONS
Identification and definition of the components of the new nursing diagnosis should aid nurses to prevent pressure ulcer events.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Cássia Teixeira Dos
CT
Santos
School of Nursing, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Miriam de Abreu
Mde A
Almeida
CNPq, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Magáli Costa
MC
Oliveira
CNPq, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Marco Antônio de Goes
MA
Victor
School of Nursing, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, afatimalucena@gmail.com.
Amália de Fátima
Ade F
Lucena
D015897:Comorbidity; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D011312:Pressure / Q000009:adverse effects; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000009:adverse effects; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors