Clinical validation of the terminological subset for people with chronic kidney disease undergoing conservative treatment.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To clinically validate a terminological subset of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) to care for people with chronic kidney disease undergoing conservative treatment. METHOD: Prospective study of clinical validation assessment of 117 nursing diagnoses/outcomes statements and 199 nursing intervention statements. It was operationalized through the following steps: implementation of the Nursing Process in an outpatient clinic in Southeast Brazil; preparation of case studies; analysis of agreement between specialist nurses. The Kappa. Kruskal-Wallis coefficient of agreement and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were used. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 50 people with chronic kidney disease. Diagnoses/outcomes and interventions were evaluated with almost perfect/perfect agreement and excellent ICC. The Kruskal-Wallis test showed that there was no significant difference between the assessments. The study allowed the clinical validation of a subset with 110 nursing diagnoses/outcomes and 195 nursing interventions. CONCLUSION: Care for people with chronic kidney disease undergoing conservative treatment based on the proposed subset has become applicable to clinical practice.