Cross-mapping of results and Nursing Interventions: contribution to the practice

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate, through cross-mapping, the correspondence of the expected results and prescriptions written by nurses among those contained in the Interventions Classifications and Nursing Results, for the diagnosis “Ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion”. Method: Descriptive study, using the case study and the mapping. The content of the case study was validated, with a rate of 93.75%. In the mapping of the statements of the nursing phenomena, written by the participants with the standardized language systems, a concordance index of 100% and 90% was obtained. Results: Three statements of expected results and 19 prescribed care were analyzed. Of these, four presented correspondences with the classification of results and the same number with the classification of the interventions. Conclusion: The mapping allowed the correspondence of the terms adopted by the nurses with the standardized language systems and showed a didactic material to verify the pertinence of the decision making.