Nursing outcome indicator validation for patients with orthopedic problems

Abstract

This is a descriptive, cross-sectional content validation study, with a quantitative approach, carried out in a university hospital. The objective of this study was to validate four nursing outcomes' indicators of the Nursing Outcomes Classification - NOC for the nursing diagnosis Selfcare Deficit: Bathing/Hygiene presented by patients in postoperative of orthopedic surgery. An instrument containing the outcomes indicators Selfcare: Activities of Daily Living, Selfcare: Bathing, Selfcare: Hygiene and Selfcare: Oral Hygiene was built, along with a Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5 (1=not important, 5=extremely important). The experts were nurses who care for these patients for at least a year and make use of nursing diagnoses. Descriptive statistics were used for the data analysis. Out of the 34 indicators studied, 2 (6%) were considered as main temporary indicators, 22 (65%) as secondary temporary indicators and 10 (29%) were discarded. The main and secondary temporary indicators will be used during the bathing observation of patients in postoperative of Total Hip Replacement, and their development will be monitored.