USE OF INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION FOR NURSING PRACTICE / CIPE ® IN NURSING CARE UTILIZAÇÃO DA CLASSIFICAÇÃO INTERNACIONAL PARA A PRÁTICA DE ENFERMAGEM/CIPE ® NA ASSISTÊNCIA DE ENFERMAGEM USO DE LA CLASIFICACIÓN INTERNACIONAL PARA LA PRÁCTICA DE ENFERMERÍA / CIPE ® EN EL CUIDADO DE ENFERMERÍA

Objective: to systematize nursing care, using the International Classification for Nursing Practice. Method: a descriptive study and an observational, case study, developed in one of the clinics of a teaching hospital in the city of Joao Pessoa / Paraiba / Northeast Brazil. The sample was made up of a patient with pemphigus vulgaris. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University Hospital Lauro Wanderley, under protocol # 156/10. Results: After the investigation of the patient's history was traced five nursing diagnoses according to ICNP ®: moderate pain, risk for infection, impaired skin integrity, anxiety and impaired visual acuity. Conclusion: in this study it was possible with the use of ICNP ® improve the targeting of nursing actions for the quality of patient care with this disease. Descriptors: Nursing; Nursing Diagnoses; Pemphigus Vulgaris.