Browsing by Author "Pinto, Sara Maria Oliveira"
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- Is impaired comfort a nursing diagnosis?Publication . Pinto, Sara Maria Oliveira; Caldeira, Sílvia Maria Alves; Martins, José CarlosOBJECTIVE: Discussion of the “Impaired Comfort” nursing diagnosis. METHODS: Discussion paper based on the authors’ ongoing PhD research about the development of comfort as a complex intervention. FINDINGS: When the patient has impaired comfort, the nursing intervention should be specific to the etiological factor. Some arguments are raised about impaired comfort as a nursing diagnosis and the discussion is led about the possibility of the referred diagnosis being considered a syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: New proposals are presented for the nursing classification based on theoretical knowledge development and current scientific evidence. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: The results can contribute to better decision- making and clinical reasoning, namely in terms of the nursing process, and contribute to safer, rational, efficient, and effective nursing care.