Insuficiencia cardíaca e as principais características definidoras do diagnóstico de enfermagem volume de líquidos excessivo

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the main defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis Excessive Fluid Volume applied in patients with Heart Failure. METHOD: Research was carried out between December 2019 and January 2020, on the electronic platforms LILACS, BDENF and ScIELO®, as an inclusion, the publications that took place between May 2014 and 2019 were delimited. RESULTS: A sample of 10 studies was obtained, all published in nursing journals, regarding the design of the studies, two are descriptive studies, two are cohort, two are longitudinal, two are integrative reviews, one is transversal and one is qualitative. CONCLUSION: Diagnosis with excessive fluid volume and its characteristics are monitored during hospitalization, being indicators of the quality of HF nursing care at the hospital. Nurses deal with a variety of signs and symptoms during hospitalization that help in planning individualized and targeted interventions.