Accuracy of nursing diagnoses of hospitalized people with HIV: implications for care.

OBJECTIVES

to assess the accuracy of nursing diagnoses listed for the care of people living with HIV during hospitalization.

METHODS

a cross-sectional, documentary, retrospective research conducted in a hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected from medical records of hospitalized individuals living with HIV. The Nursing Diagnostic Accuracy Scale and the NANDA-I taxonomy were used.

RESULTS

the sample consisted of 101 medical records and 218 diagnoses assessed. The prevalent diagnostic hypothesis as a precursor to the need for hospitalization was immunosuppression. The prevalent nursing diagnoses were "Risk for infection" (15.60%), "Risk for impaired skin integrity" (17.80%), and "Acute pain" (5.96%), with a predominance of accurate nursing diagnoses (60.55%).

CONCLUSIONS

most diagnoses were accurate, while the null accuracy category was relevant in the sample, suggesting that knowledge on this topic needs to be strengthened in professional practice.