title: Is Impaired Comfort a Nursing Diagnosis?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Discussion of the "Impaired Comfort" nursing diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Discussion paper based on the authors' ongoing PhD research about the development of comfort as a complex intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When the patient has impaired comfort, the nursing intervention should be specific to the etiological factor. Some arguments are raised about impaired comfort as a nursing diagnosis and the discussion is led about the possibility of the referred diagnosis being considered a syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  New proposals are presented for the nursing classification based on theoretical knowledge development and current scientific evidence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results can contribute to better decision-making and clinical reasoning, namely in terms of the nursing process, and contribute to safer, rational, efficient, and effective nursing care.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Oporto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Sara Maria Oliveira
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal. scaldeira@ics.lisboa.ucp.pt.
authors.forename: Sílvia Maria Alves
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Caldeira Berenguer
authors.affiliation: Medical-Surgical Unit, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.|Department of Human Sciences and Health, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Oporto, Portugal.
authors.forename: José Carlos Amado
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis
keywords: Diagnosis; health classification; nursing