Validation in Spain of the dysfunctional ventilatory response to weaning

In this article we present the study financed by the Sanitary Investigations Fund (FIS), with the objectives to prove that the Nursing Diagnosis of "Dysfunctional Ventilatory Response at Weaning" (DWRU) incorporated to the taxonomy of the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA...

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Published inEnfermería intensiva Vol. 8; no. 3; p. 121
Main Authors Giménez, A, Fernández-Reyes, I, Marín, B, Alvarez, M D, Andorra, M, Duque, F J, Mazo, S, Rodríguez, M, Siches, C, Tomás, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.07.1997
Subjects
Critical Care
Delphi Technique
Female
Humans
Male
Models, Nursing
Nursing Diagnosis - standards
Nursing Evaluation Research
Reproducibility of Results
Spain
Terminology as Topic
Ventilator Weaning - adverse effects
Ventilator Weaning - nursing
Spain
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Summary:In this article we present the study financed by the Sanitary Investigations Fund (FIS), with the objectives to prove that the Nursing Diagnosis of "Dysfunctional Ventilatory Response at Weaning" (DWRU) incorporated to the taxonomy of the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA), is valid in Spain; as well as identify the items which configure its definition. A descriptive observational study was performed in nine Intensive Care Units belonging to six autonomous communities, including as study subjects 89 male and female nurses who are experts in yhe care of critically ill patients with mechanical ventilation. The model of validation proposed by Fehring and the Delphi Technique were used. The data were analysed calculating the average of the weights of each defining feature; percentage and average calculus; opinion percentages about the related factors; variability calculus; and factorial analysis of the result. The results make us conclude that Spanish nurses who have experience in taking care of critically ill patients, identify DWRU as a phenomenon which patients in our environment present and which can be treated by them. Besides, the identification of levels of DWRU into Severe, Moderate and Slight which the NANDA suggests, is better applied using an association of factors than defining higher and lower features.
ISSN:1130-2399