[The patient with essential hypertension. Nursing diagnosis and advice in ambulatory care]. / El cliente viviendo con hipertensión arterial esencial. Diagnósticos y prescripciones en la consulta de enfermería.

The hypertensive patient: nursing diagnoses and intervention at the ambulatory level. The purpose of this study was to analyze nursing diagnoses in adults with essential hypertension and the nursing interventions patient education is an urgent necessity. There was no reliable parameter to evaluate nursing intervention.

[Afro-Brazilian religions: an aid in the study of spiritual distress]. / As religiões Afro-Brasileiras: subsídios para o estudo da angústia espiritual.

This paper discusses the Afro-Brazilian religions (candomblé, umbanda, quimbanda, muslim, and vodum) and points out the issues related to the spiritual distress as a nursing diagnosis.

Classification for nursing practice in Brazil.

The nursing activities--diagnosis, intervention and client outcome-have several synonyms, different meanings and antagonistic frame-works. Although the study results can be considered as potential barriers to the Classification for Nursing Practice project in Brazil, or anywhere else, they also indicate a high number of references related to this theme, leading us to conclude that there is motivation for defining and classifying nursing phenomena.

[A descriptive study of the defining characteristics of nursing diagnosis: sexual dysfunction]. / Estudo descritivo sobre as características definidoras do diagnóstico de enfermagem: disfunção sexual.

The defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis "Sexual Dysfunction" were gathered from NAAM assessment records. From this population 96 records with the defining characteristics of Sexual Dysfunction were selected. The 9 defining characteristics proposed by The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association were used as a framework for the data collection tool. The 3 most frequently defining characteristics were absence of sexual desire (71.9%), vaginal discharge (64.5%), and pain (44.8%). The authors concluded that 6 defining characteristics have not appeared; absence of sexual desire and vaginal discharge can be considered as minor characteristics. The authors recommend the implementation of other studies to clarify the subjective defining characteristics.

[Possible nursing diagnoses for clients with essential arterial hypertension]. / Posibles diagnósticos de enfermería para clientes con hipertensión arterial esencial.

This paper deals with nursing diagnoses which can be made in patients with essential high blood pressure. Diagnoses about lack of knowledge, anxiety, self-esteem disturbance, excessive circulating flow and nourishment excess, are dealt with from a nursing point of view.

[The implementation of nursing diagnosis in a postanesthesia recovery unit--a pilot study]. / Implementação do diagnóstico de enfermagem na unidade de recuperação pós-anestésica--estudo piloto.

Implementation of the nursing process at the Post-anesthesia Recovery Room--a preliminary study. This paper presents the preliminary results about a research on Nursing Diagnoses at the Post-Anesthesia Recovery Room based on the Taxonomy I. In a population of 19 patients, the nursing diagnoses with high frequency plus then 50% were injury (potential), hypothermia, and alteration in comfort.