Retrospective study of the implementation of the nursing process in a health area

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: to analyze when the nursing process began to be used in the public and private healthcare centers of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country), and when both NANDA-I nursing diagnoses and the NIC-NOC terminologies were incorporated into this process. METHOD: a retrospective study was conducted, based on the analysis of nursing records that were used in the 158 studied centers. RESULTS: the specific data provided showed that in Gipuzkoa, the nursing process began to be used in the 1990s. As for NANDA-I nursing diagnoses, they have been used since 1996, and the NIC-NOC terminologies has been used since 2004. CONCLUSION: it was concluded that public centers are the ones which, generally speaking, first began with the nursing methodology, and that in comparison to the United States and Canada, the nursing process started to be used about 20 years later, NANDA-I nursing diagnoses around 15 years later, and the NIC-NOC terminologies, around six years later.

The model professionalism in the implementation of the Nursing Process (1979-2004)

“…Inadequate physical space and materials, besides work overload evidenced as challenges for the implementation of the Nursing Process in this study, are still reported in other similar experiences, constituting threats to the development of the Nursing Process in developing countries (10)(11)(12) .…”

The Use of the Nursing Process in Spain as Compared to the United States and Canada

“…The use of the nursing process in Spanish professional practice started in the 1990s (García‐Carpintero, & Piñón, ; Huitzi‐Egilegor, Elorza‐Puyadena, Urkia‐Etxabe, Esnaola‐Herrero, & Asurabarrena‐Iraola, ; Martín, García, & Asenjo, ). Despite some example of its use at the end of the 1980s (Serrano, Saracíbar, Díaz, Tina, & Narvaiza, ), the utilization of the nursing process was generalized in the 1990s.…”

“…The initial use of the NIC-NOC terminologies happened in the first decade of the twenty-first century (Huitzi-Egilegor et al, 2013). But their use has not been as widespread as that of the nursing diagnosis though.…”

“…Today, the nursing process method is used at public and private centers all over Spain, but research used indicates that it is more frequently used in public than in private centers (De Manuel & De Oleaga, 2003;Huitzi-Egilegor et al, 2012;Huitzi-Egilegor et al, 2013).…”

Systematization of nursing care in the perspective of professional autonomy

“…The systematization of nursing care began in the 1950s with the purpose of joining nursing activities as part of a process and not as isolated actions (1) . It promotes better care quality, providing satisfaction and professional contribution in nursing actions with efficiency and quality (2) .…”