This study aimed to validate the indicators of the Nursing Outcomes proposed by the Nursing Outcomes Classification for the diagnosis Risk of Infection. Content validation was performed according to 12 nurse experts from the clinical, surgical and intensive care units of a university hospital. The analysis was based on the weighted arithmetic average of the scores the experts assigned to each indicator assessed and scores that reached at least 0.80 were validated. Out of 132 proposed indicators, 67 were validated for eight nursing outcomes described for the diagnosis Risk of Infection, which had been validated in a previous study. The content validation process identified that the Nursing Outcomes Classification presents feasible results and indicators to evaluate and identify the best care practices. This study will support the implementation of the Nursing Outcomes Classification in clinical practice, teaching and research.

This work may serve to contribute to the future development of NOC, making it possible to evaluate the outcomes of PU patients in terms of the interventions performed in nursing practice.

Support to the definition the priority interventions in nursing process documentation.

PURPOSE To assess the surgical wound (SW) healing in orthopedic patients with Impaired tissue integrity according to the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC). METHODS A prospective longitudinal study performed with 24 patients. Data collection was performed through an instrument containing the NOC indicators. FINDINGS The indicators skin approximation, drainage, surrounding skin erythema, periwound edema, increased skin temperature, and foul wound odor presented a statistically significant increase when compared the means between the first and the last day of evaluation. CONCLUSION The NOC indicators allowed to monitor the SW healing indicating an improvement. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE The NOC can favor an earlier identification of the degree of commitment for each patient and enables implementation of care to achieve target outcomes.