Validation of Nursing Outcomes and Interventions to Older Adults Care with Risk or Frail Elderly Syndrome: Proposal of Linkages Among NOC, NIC, and NANDA-I to clinical practice

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Select and validate outcomes from Nursing Outcomes Classification and interventions from Nursing Interventions Classification for diagnoses Risk for Frail Elderly Syndrome and Frail Elderly Syndrome/NANDA International. METHODS: A consensus study with 15 gerontological nursing specialists. Data were collected by a Google forms instrument developed by the research team and analyzed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: For the risk diagnosis, 11 outcomes and seven interventions were validated. For the problem-focused diagnosis, 12 outcomes and eight interventions were validated. CONCLUSION: The outcomes and interventions showed up as important elements applicable in the health assistance to older adults care with risk or Frail Elderly Syndrome. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Those outcomes and interventions are a linkages proposal with the diagnoses to be applied in the clinical practice.