title: Applicability of nursing outcomes in patients with heart failure and fluid volume excessive.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to test the clinical applicability of the Nursing Outcomes Classification in patients with decompensated heart failure and the nursing diagnosis of fluid volume excess.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a longitudinal study conducted in two stages at a university hospital, in 2013. During the first stage the consensus of experts was used to select the nursing outcomes and the indicators related to diagnosing fluid volume excess. The longitudinal study was conducted in the second stage to clinically evaluate the patients using the instrument containing the results and indicators produced in the consensus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 17 patients were assessed. The nursing outcomes were measured during the clinical evaluation by analysing their indicators. The scores increased in six of the results, in comparison with the average results of the first and last assessment. The Nursing Outcomes Classification during medical practice revealed a clinical improvement among the patient who were admitted following decompensated heart failure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Nursing Outcomes Classification managed to detect changes in the clinical status of patients.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Joelza Celesilvia Chisté
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Linhares
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.|Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Letícia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orlandin
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Graziella Badin
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Aliti
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.|Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eneida Rejane
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Rabelo-Silva
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D032921:Consensus; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D000072917:Standardized Nursing Terminology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000145:classification / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*