Nursing care will have a considerably greater impact if evidence-based care is applied.
For this reason, it is important to identify the available evidence of respiratory
management in order to establish nursing CPG across Europe. The aim of this paper is
to analyse the framework in which these guidelines should be applied and to identify
which nursing issues should have CPG. Based on the North American Nursing Diagnosis
Association (NANDA), Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and the Nursing
Outcomes Classification (NOC), this study establishes the main nursing diagnoses for
a patient with Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF). Moreover, the current situation regarding
respiratory management and the safety of nursing practice procedures are
described.