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Cross mapping between clinical indicators for assistance in intensive care and nursing interventions

Mapeo cruzado entre indicadores clínicos para la asistencia en terapia intensiva e intervenciones de enfermería

ABSTRACT

Objective:

Identify the main clinical indicators for assistance in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and map them in the nursing interventions described by the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC).

Methods:

Integrative literature review study, followed by cross-mapping between clinical indicators for assistance in the ICU care and NIC nursing interventions and activities.

Results:

36 articles were identified, which resulted in 285 clinical indicators for ICU care, with mechanical ventilatory assistance, pain, sedation, psychomotor agitation, delirium, anxiety, altered heart rate, diet by naso tube / oroenteral and diarrhea the clinical indicators for assistance in the ICU the most prevalent. These were mapped in 12 Nursing Interventions Classification interventions and 130 nursing activities.

Final considerations:

It is concluded that the clinical indicators for ICU care associated with Nursing Interventions Classification are concrete data that assist intensive care nurses in their clinical practice.

Descriptors:
Signs and Symptoms; Intensive Care Units; Nursing Care; Health Status Indicators; Standardized Nursing Terminology

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