Problems, interventions and outcomes of the Omaha system in nursing clinical practice

The results of the study present the pilot experience with the implementation of the Omaha system in a selected group of clients. The most common problems of clients with hepatic pancreatic biliary disease were in the physiological domain and the health-related behaviour domain according to the Problem Classification Scheme of the Omaha system. More frequently, the problems were associated with the interventions in the treatments and procedures and surveillance categories. The interventions were less frequent in teaching, guidance and counselling and case management. Using a Problem Rating Scale for Outcomes an improvement in knowledge and status in individual problems was found. For future studies, we recommend verifying the components of the Omaha system using a larger number of respondents.