The metaparadigm of nursing and the use of nursing diagnoses

Section: Originals

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Mencías Morante LM, Pacheco del Cerro E. Metaparadigma enfermero y uso de los diagnósticos de Enfermería. Metas Enferm abr 2017; 20(3): 12-19.

Authors

Lara Mª Mencías Morante1, Enrique Pacheco del Cerro2

Position

1Enfermera. Máster de Investigación en Cuidados de la Salud. Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Madrid2Profesor Titular Vinculado. Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Contact address

Lara Mª Mencías Morante. C/ Isaac Peral, 14-6º A. 28015 Madrid.

Contact email: lara-talavera@hotmail.com

Abstract

Objectives: to identify and compare the use as reference of the Metaparadigm of Nursing and the Nursing Models or Theory for graduates and students of the School of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry from the Universidad Complutense (Madrid). Also to identify if the graduates and students of said school are using nursing diagnoses in their professional activity and their clinical practices.
Method: a descriptive transversal study, with two independent populations: graduates and students of the 4th term of the Nursing Degree in the school.
Results: it is observed that there is a need to insist on training during the Nursing Degree, because even though participants consider that they have in-depth training, contradictions are detected with the concepts of each one of the Metaparadigm elements and in the use of Nursing diagnoses.
Conclusions: there is an on-going need to provide a conceptual element, theoretical framework, for the development of studies in the Nursing Degree. Students identify a contradiction between clinical theory and practice regarding Nursing Diagnoses.

Keywords:

nursing diagnoses; Metaparadigm of Nursing; nursing models; taxonomy; clinical practice; clinical practice

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Título:

Metaparadigma enfermero y uso de los diagnósticos de Enfermería