Validity of nursing diagnoses/outcomes and interventions for people with heart failure

Abstract

Objective: To validate the content of nursing diagnosis/outcome and intervention statements for the care of people with heart failure. Method: This is methodological study, according to the steps for building terminology subsets in Brazil. Survey conducted from 2019-2020. Statements and interventions were organized according to the mid-range theory for nursing in cardiovascular rehabilitation. Results: a total of 58 experts participated in the study. A total of 39 nursing diagnoses/outcomes and 168 interventions were validated. The statements with the highest agreement were related to rehabilitation care followed by the supervised cardiovascular rehabilitation program. Conclusion: The study validated the content of statements of a terminology subset for people with heart failure, and allowed the composition of a nursing language based on a classification system recognized worldwide.