Elaboration and validation of nursing diagnosis ocular dryness in adult patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit
Nursing, Nursing Process; Dry Eye Syndromes; Eye Health; Dryness; Intensive Care Units; Validation Studies.
The validation studies of nursing diagnoses present an important relevance for knowledge advances in relation to the use of standardized language, since it communicates the essence of nursing care, helps to improve professional practice through research and collaborates to strengthen a safe nursing care. In this perspective, the present study aims to elaborate and validate the nursing diagnosis ocular Dryness in adult patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU). This is a methodological research of validation of nursing diagnosis according to Lopes, Silva and Araújo (2012). To do so, three interrelated stages were executed, namely: STAGE 1: Elaboration of the nursing diagnosis ocular Dryness in adult patients hospitalized in an ICU and construction of the definitions, based on the concept analysis framework proposed by Walker and Avant (2019). STAGE 2: Analysis of diagnostic content, in which the evaluators judged the adequacy of previously created concepts, through focus group. STAGE 3: Clinical validation of the nursing diagnosis ocular Dryness in adult patients hospitalized in an ICU, performed by means of an accuracy study of the clinical indicators of the nursing diagnosis ocular Dryness, with a cross-sectional design and a quantitative approach. Performed in the adult ICU of a university hospital located in the Brazilian northeast. To determine the sample, the one recommended by Swanson et al. (2012), which proposes the use of pre-defined numbers of individuals per investigated clinical indicator. The data collected was organized and stored in a database built in the Microsoft Office Excel 2016 program and will be analyzed by a specific statistical program. The study obtained a favorable opinion from the Research Ethics Committee under number 918.510 and CAAE 36079814.6.0000.5537. The recommendations of Resolution nº 466/12, approved by the National Health Council of the Ministry of Health, on December 12, 2012, were obeyed.