Name: Adriana Batista da Macena
Type: MSc dissertation
Publication date: 27/09/2019
Advisor:

Name	Role
Flávia Batista Portugal	Co-advisor *
Marluce Mechelli de Siqueira	Advisor *

Examining board:

Name	Role
Carlos Alberto da Cruz Sequeira	External Examiner *
Eliane de Fátima Almeida Lima	Internal Alternate *
Flávia Batista Portugal	Co advisor *
Maria Tereza Coimbra de Carvalho	External Alternate *
Marluce Mechelli de Siqueira	Advisor *
Mirian Fioresi	Internal Examiner *

Summary: Introduction: Alcoholism is a serious health problem. The early diagnosis influences
the prognosis of this disease and the treatment involves numerous interventions. The
operationalization of the Nursing Process organizes the actions of the nurse offering
quality assistance. For this, it is necessary to use terminologies that define the practice
of nursing, one of them is the International Classification for Nursing Practice. This is
a taxonomy that names, classifies and links phenomena that describe professional
practice. Objectives: To elaborate a terminological subset of the International
Classification for Nursing Practice for the alcoholic person. Methodology: This is a
descriptive study, carried out in four stages. 1) Identification of the signs and symptoms
of alcoholism by analyzing the medical records of people diagnosed with Alcohol
Dependence Syndrome in follow-up at the Program for the Assistance of Alcoholics at
the Cassiano Antônio de Moraes University Hospital and through the analysis of official
documents about alcoholism. 2) Mapping the terms found in the first stage with the
terms of the FOCUS axis of the International Classification for Nursing Practice of
2017. 3) Construction and validation of nursing diagnoses, outcomes and
interventions, and the construction of operational definitions. 4) Structuring the
terminology subset of International Classification for Nursing Practice. Results: 28
nursing diagnoses and results, and 211 nursing interventions validated by specialist
nurses. Product: International Classification for Nursing Practice Terminology sub-set
for the alcoholic person. Conclusion: The International Classification for Nursing
Practice terminology subset that was elaborated can assist in critical thinking and
decision making that will contribute to the nursing care of alcoholics through the use of
a standardized language.

Access to document