Identification of Nursing Diagnosis–Outcome–Intervention Linkages for Inpatients in the Obstetrics Department Nursing Unit in South Korea

Abstract

PURPOSE: To identify the NANDA-I–NOC–NIC (NNN) linkages for inpatients of the obstetrics nursing unit using electronic nursing records. METHODS: In this retrospective, descriptive survey, the electronic nursing records for 220 adult patients aged ≥18 years who were discharged after obstetrics nursing unit were analyzed. FINDINGS: The 7 most frequent nursing diagnoses were found to be associated with 9 nursing outcomes and 26 nursing interventions. CONCLUSIONS: Herein, the list of nursing diagnoses was observed to comprise the safety/protection domain, the list of nursing outcomes the physiological health domain, and the list of nursing interventions the physiological: complex domain. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: This result can contribute to improving the nursing quality and will help continuing education and documentation system refinement.