Nursing diagnoses associated with human needs in coping with HIV

Abstract

Objective: To identify the implications and changes in the life of people taking into consideration the moment at which the HIV diagnosis was revealed and to develop nursing diagnoses suitable to the human needs related to these implications and changes. Methods: Retrospective descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, which included interviews with 20 people who participated in a nongovernmental organization. The analysis corpus was organized into three categories: “influence of the diagnosis on employability”, “religious support”, and “health worsening”, from which nursing diagnoses were developed in accordance with the 2015 version of the ICNP ® and human needs. Results: The present study identified changes in the daily routine when people were faced with the diagnosis, including the influence on employability, religious support, and health worsening, in addition to 35 nursing diagnoses related to self-esteem, safety and protection, and social needs, 26 to the self-recognition need, seven to the physiological need, and 18 to the spiritual need. Conclusion: The identification of the categories, nursing diagnoses, and human needs provides nurses with subsidies to carry out their practice grounded in a standardized language, helping improve nursing care.