Simoni Pokorski

Publications (2)0.63 Total impact

• Article: Nursing process: from literature to practice. What are we actually doing?

  Simoni Pokorski, Maria Antonieta Moraes, Régis Chiarelli, Angelita Paganin Costanzi, Eneida Rejane Rabelo
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  ABSTRACT: To describe the steps of the nursing process as prescribed in the literature and to investigate the process as actually applied in the daily routine of a general hospital. Cross-sectional retrospective study (May/June 2005), performed in a hospital in Porto Alegre, RS. Medical records of adult patients admitted to a surgical, clinical or intensive care unit were reviewed to identify the nursing process steps accomplished during the first 48 h after admission. The form for data collection was structured according to other reports. 302 medical records were evaluated. Nursing records and physical examination were included in over 90% of them. Nursing diagnosis was not found in any of the records. Among the steps performed, prescription was the least frequent. Evolution of the case was described in over 95% of the records. All nursing steps recommended in the literature, except for diagnosis, are performed in the research institution.
  Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 07/2009; 17(3):302-7. · 0.63 Impact Factor
• Article: Factors that inhibit the use of nursing language.

  Angelita Paganin, Maria Antonieta Moraes, Simoni Pokorski, Eneida Rejane Rabelo
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  ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of institutional, professional, and personal factors on nurses and on their efforts to make nursing diagnoses. A cross-sectional study was conducted in which all participants completed a questionnaire established to measure each individual group of factors. A score (0-100) was established to measure each group of factors. Twenty-one nurses responded that their busy shifts, the number of patients per nurse, and their involvement with administrative tasks were the three parameters most frequently identified as interfering with implementing nursing diagnosis. The recognition of these factors and improved institutional support may facilitate the implementation of nursing diagnoses. Electronic records may contribute to the implementation of the nursing process, particularly if the identified signs and symptoms are documented and then linked to nursing diagnoses and interventions.
  International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications 19(4):150-7.