%0 Journal Article %T Diagnosys of prevalent nursing and cautions prescribed to orthopedical patients. A descriptive study %A Miriam Abreu Almeida %A Vanessa Kenne Longaray %A Paula de Cezaro %J Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing %D 2006 %I Fluminense Federal University %X This is a descriptive, retrospective study based on statistics, in which the aim is to identify the nursing cautions prescribed and its periodicity for the three major diagnosis shown by orthopedical patients that had to undergo surgery for total knee or hip replacement, at the Porto Alegre Clinics Hospital, in 2003. The project was approved by the Ethics and Health Research Comitee from that Institution. The data was obtained by computerized records and analyzed using descriptive statistics. As a result, 170 patients went through the surgery abobe mentioned, showing 36 different nursing diagnosis, being Deficit in Self-care: shower and/or higiene, Impaired Physycal mobility and Infection risk the three that occurred most often, in 52 of the cases handled.The computerized prescription system of the HCPA reflects the practice of the nurse. The data inserted in the system needs constant reviewing and permanent education from the nurses. Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo retrospectivo descritivo objetivando identificar os cuidados de enfermagem prescritos e suas freq¨¹¨ºncias para os tr¨ºs diagn¨®sticos de enfermagem (DE) prevalentes apresentados por pacientes ortop¨¦dicos adultos submetidos a Artroplastia Total de Quadril (ATQ) ou Joelho (ATJ), no Hospital de Cl¨ªnicas de Porto Alegre em 2003. O projeto foi aprovado pelo Comit¨º de ¨¦tica e Pesquisa em Sa¨²de da Institui o. Os dados foram obtidos atrav¨¦s dos registros informatizados fornecidos pelo Grupo de Sistemas da Informa o e analisados por meio de estat¨ªstica descritiva. Como resultado, 170 pacientes foram submetidos ¨¤s cirurgias apresentando 36 DE, sendo D¨¦ficit no Auto-Cuidado: banho e/ou higiene, Mobilidade F¨ªsica Prejudicada e Risco para Infec o os tr¨ºs prevalentes. O sistema de prescri o informatizada do HCPA reflete a pr¨¢tica da enfermeira. Os dados inseridos no sistema necessitam de constante revis o, al¨¦m de educa o permanente dos enfermeiros. %K Nursing %K Nursing Care %K Nursing Process %U http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/502