Table 4 Examples of concepts from the subset; nursing diagnoses, nursing outcomes and nursing interventions

Impaired self-feeding

Improved skin

Assisting with toileting

Urinary incontinence

Integrity

Assessing mobility

Diarrhoea

Positive appetite

Assessing medication side effect

Bowel incontinence

Improved status of teeth

Assisting with eating or drinking

Nausea

Effective self-hygiene

Assessing fluid intake

Chronic pain

Maintaining effective electrolyte balance

Assessing food intake

Impaired self-toileting

No pain

Facilitating adequate position when sitting/lying down

Impaired fluid intake

Improved impaired ability to perform hygiene

Assessing oral status

Self-care deficit

Improved ability to toilet

Assessing ability to swallow

Self-effective urination

Acute confusion

Improved perception

Assessing behaviour

Disuse

Dignified dying

Assessing discomfort

Chronic confusion

None euphoria

Calming technique

Impaired orientation

Reduced agitation

Reinforcing personal identity

Delusion

Able to communicate

Reminiscence therapy

Despair

None despair

Assessing cognition

Depressed mood

Reduced fear

Decreasing noises