Ineffective airway clearance: plotting the nursing activities for children with respiratory infection

Abstract

The acute respiration infections are problems which affect children, especially until five years old, presentation high numbers of obit in this age. This study has the objective to compare the interventions of nursing developed for assistants nurses with those presentations for Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) for children until five years old with acute respiration infection and presentation the diagnosis of nursing Ineffective airway clearance. It is a study descriptive and quantitative performed in a pediatric hospital of Fortaleza-CE, in October and November of 2006. There were interviewed 16 nurses and listed 48 cares of nursing described in specifics cares of nursing, dependent of medical prescription, interdependent and related to problems respiratory of children. After that, there was a comparative with the activities of NIC, where observed correspondents and no-correspondents activities. There were 14 interventions of nursing of NIC used in comparative which added up to 327 activities. For the interventions of nursing NIC: airway control and respiratory monitorization there were a bigger number of activities correspondents. This study could will to bring some contributions to the nursing assistance for children with respiratory problems and presentation the nursing diagnosis Ineffective airway clearance, like to offer a specific and qualified care.