Brazilian Validation of the Nursing Outcomes for Acute Pain

Abstract

Validation studies of nursing classifications corroborate the use of the component elements of these instruments in a variety of care settings.

Nursing outcomes for pain assessment of patients undergoing palliative care

“…These results include important indicators in the assessment of nursing to patients with cancer, such as those of pain reports, duration of pain episodes, facial expressions of pain, patient satisfaction with Pain Control, perception of their relationships, physical well-being and capacity to communicate needs, that is, their behaviors and impressions that can be observed when the patient is in pain (22)(23) . Similar findings are in a study that conducted content validation of the NOC outcomes for Acute Pain ND in adult patients admitted to clinical, surgical, and intensive care units, where they were validated as the main ones of Pain level, Pain control, Comfort level (21) .…”

“…The selection of the NOC outcomes for the assessment of patients in hospital palliative care, with Acute Pain and Chronic Pain Nursing Diagnoses, in addition to the conceptual and operational definitions construction, was shown to be important for guiding clinical practice, considering the specificity of care in this area. The study allowed to present the nursing results considered important, in the opinion of the specialists, who took into account their professional experience in the care of these patients, as in other studies (5)(6)21) .…”

Applicability of the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) to the evaluation of cancer patients with acute or chronic pain in palliative care

“…Recent studies in Brazil have found that NOC (Moorhead et al, 2013) is a useful tool for the evaluation and identification of effective practices in nursing care (Lucena et al, 2013;Azzolin, 2011). However, none of these studies have evaluated the applicability of the outcomes Acute (00132) or Chronic Pain (00133) and their diagnostic indicators (Heardman & Kamitsuru, 2014) in palliative care units.…”

Psychometric Testing of the Spanish Version of the Pain Level Outcome Scale in Hospitalized Patients With Acute Pain

“…Behrenbeck, Timm, Griebenow, and Demmer (2005) examined the inter-rater reliability in a tertiary hospital. Lucena, Holsbach, Pruinelli, Serdotte Freitas Cardoso, and Schroeder Mello (2013) studied the validity of two outcomes included in the NOC (Pain Level and Pain Control), while Maas et al (2002) presented preliminary reliability and validity results for a group of outcomes, including the PLO. However, validation studies to date have used the English version, and none have been published on the Spanish version of the PLO.…”