NURSING DIAGNOSES AND INTERVENTIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE SUBMITTED TO HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Abstract

The objective was to identify the main nursing diagnoses and interventions described by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association and Nursing Intervention Classification for patients with graft-versus-host disease submitted to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. A descriptive and exploratory study with a quantitative approach was undertaken. Data were collected from 30 patients at a bone marrow transplantation service of a large private hospital in the city of São Paulo. Nine main diagnoses were identified, in accordance with the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association. Eleven nursing interventions were proposed, based on the Nursing Interventions Classification, besides 40 activities. The main diagnoses, outcomes and interventions/activities were considered, formulated for more than 50% of the study participants. This study permitted the identification and selection of nursing diagnoses and interventions, with their respective activities, to be applied in clinical practice, aiming to support the care process and knowledge about the nursing taxonomies.

Keywords

• Graft-versus-host disease
• Bone marrow transplantation
• Nursing processes