Appendix 4A: A Structure for Categorizing Data in Describing a Population for Nursing Purposes

Appendix 4A: A Structure for Categorizing Data in Describing a Population for Nursing Purposes

• 1.
  Basic Conditioning Factors

  • 1.1.
    Personal

    • 1.1.1.
      Age
    • 1.1.2.
      Sex
    • 1.1.3.
      Residence and environmental factors
    • 1.1.4.
      Family system factors
    • 1.1.5.
      Sociocultural factors, including education, occupation
    • 1.1.6.
      Socioeconomic factors
  • 1.2.
    Patterns of living
  • 1.3.
    Health state and health care system factors

    • 1.3.1.
      Medical diagnosis
    • 1.3.2.
      Nurse-determined conditions
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    • 1.3.3.
      Patient's description of health state
    • 1.3.4.
      Family member's description of health state
    • 1.3.5.
      Health care system features—disciplines, services/care
  • 1.4.
    Developmental state in relation to meeting developmental self-care requisites

    • 1.4.1.
      Patient's goals and view of future
    • 1.4.2.
      Objective appraisals of developmental potential
    • 1.4.3.
      Self-management capabilities considering health state, conditions of living
    • 1.4.4.
      Factors necessary for/adversely affecting self-management
• 2.
  Therapeutic Self-Care Demand

  • 2.1.
    Actions associated with universal self-care requisites

    • 2.1.1.
      Maintenance of a sufficient ...