Nursing diagnosis ineffective protection: content validation in patients under hemodialysis.

The present study is a content validation, to validate the defining characteristics (DC) of the nursing diagnosis (ND) Ineffective Protection in patients under hemodialysis. For the sample delimitation, the experts selection method used was adapted from the literature. The data search was carried out with an instrument that bore the participant's data. Besides that, there was a Likert to each one of the DC. To the 18 DC was added the characteristic Malnutrition. 5 temporary primary indexes were obtained as results: Immunity Deficient, Neurossensory Alteration, Dyspnea, Itching and Malnutrition. It was concluded that the characteristics listed as primary indexes are related to the chronic kidney disease and can lead to the Ineffective Protection nursing diagnosis in those patients who go through hemodialysis.