Nursing Diagnoses

This study aimed to identify the most prevalent nursing diagnoses in elderly patients in a geriatric ambulatory clinic of the Distrito Federal, Brazil, according to NANDA(North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) Taxonomy II, relating them to the functional capacity scales. This cross-observational conducted with 40 elderly, with more than 65 years, treated at the geriatric outpatient clinic. We obtained at the end of 60 days, 40 patients, in March 2010. The scales of Lawton and Barthel were used. The chi-square test of Pearson to associates the level of significance p <0.05. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Health Department of the Distrito Federal. The most prevalent nursing diagnoses identified were: Sensory Perception