Retrospective study of the implementation of the nursing process in a health area

Authors

  • Joseba Xabier Huitzi-Egilegor Universidad del Pais Vasco; Escuela de Enfermeria de Donostia-San Sebastian; Departamento de Enfermeria II
  • Maria Isabel Elorza-Puyadena Universidad del Pais Vasco; Escuela de Enfermeria de Donostia-San Sebastian; Departamento de Enfermeria II
  • Jose Maria Urkia-Etxabe Universidad del Pais Vasco; Departamento de Fisica Teorica e Historia de la Ciencia
  • Maria Victoria Esnaola-Herrero Ayuntamiento de Donostia-San Sebastian
  • Carmen Asurabarrena-Iraola Universidad del Pais Vasco; Escuela de Enfermeria de Donostia-San Sebastian; Departamento de Enfermeria II

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692013000500006

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: to analyze when the nursing process began to be used in the public and private healthcare centers of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country), and when both NANDA-I nursing diagnoses and the NIC-NOC terminologies were incorporated into this process. METHOD: a retrospective study was conducted, based on the analysis of nursing records that were used in the 158 studied centers. RESULTS: the specific data provided showed that in Gipuzkoa, the nursing process began to be used in the 1990s. As for NANDA-I nursing diagnoses, they have been used since 1996, and the NIC-NOC terminologies has been used since 2004. CONCLUSION: it was concluded that public centers are the ones which, generally speaking, first began with the nursing methodology, and that in comparison to the United States and Canada, the nursing process started to be used about 20 years later, NANDA-I nursing diagnoses around 15 years later, and the NIC-NOC terminologies, around six years later.

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Published

2013-09-01

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 5 (2013)

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Original Articles

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Retrospective study of the implementation of the nursing process in a health area . (2013). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 21(5), 1049-1053. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692013000500006