Nursing terminology for the care of people with respiratory diseases and Covid-19.
Jacira Dos Santos Oliveira, Josilene de Melo Buriti Vasconcelos, Rafaella Felix Serafim Veras and 3 others
PMID 38743954WHAT IT FOUND
Nursing care terms mapped from 12 articles include dyspnea, oxygen therapy, positioning, and risk of injury for adults and older people with respiratory disease and COVID-19.
Key findings
01Twelve articles were selected, and 9460 terms were extracted from them.
02Cross-mapping 5,395 terms with ICNP 2019/2020 produced 290 constant terms and 5,134 non-constant terms.
03The constant terms included nursing diagnoses/outcomes and interventions, such as dyspnea, pain, infection, oxygen therapy, and respiratory therapy.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for RNs
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What it does not show
The study did not include patients, families, or nurses in care settings, so it does not show how the terms are used in practice. Only 12 articles were selected, and 5,134 non-constant terms were not presented, so the term set may be incomplete. The search was limited to 2020 to 2021 and to adult and elderly people, so it may not cover other periods or younger patients. The results are descriptive counts of terms, not tested effects of care or communication.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the term list as evidence that these nursing interventions improve respiratory outcomes. The study mapped terms from articles and did not test care with patients.