NURSING CARE PLAN OUTCOMES BASED ON A STANDARDIZED TERMINOLOGY: SURGICAL PATIENT PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES
Petros Kolovos
Monday, January 1, 2024
Publication year:
2024
Author:
- Kolovos Petros, Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Integrated Health Care, Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Greece
Keywords index:
- Perioperative nursing
- outcomes
- standardized terminology
- physiological responses
- behavioral responses
- PNDS
Pages: 4-12
Abstract:
Introduction: Standardized nursing terminologies contribute to effective documentation of care, improve communication and outcomes to patients and care organizations, and promote nursing research. Aim: The aim of this article was to describe the nursing
care plan outcomes related to patients undergoing surgery physiological and behavioral responses, according to the standardized terminology Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS). Methodology: A narrative literature review was conducted based on articlesretrieved from scientific databases (PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar) with specific key-words both in Greek and in English language, a hand search of books and from references on the internet. Results: The standardized terminology PNDS is the only one in
perioperative nursing and is based on the nursing process. It encompass of four domains, each one identifying specific outcomes for the developing of the nursing care plan to patients undergoing surgery. Thirteen outcomes both in the domain of physiological
and behavioral responses have been classified and coded into that terminology, to identify actual or potential problems (nursing diagnoses) and guide the selection of appropriate nursing interventions. Conclusions: The PNDS terminology provides the appropriate
organizational and scientific framework to develop an individualized nursing care plan for patients undergoing surgery and their families. The implementation of that terminology found to be limited, compared to other nursing terminologies. Research and
evidence-based practice should be oriented in this field, since the implementation of PNDS terminology not only promotes quality of the provided nursing care, but nursing profession as well.
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