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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of nursing diagnoses (NDs) identified for patients with heart failure (HF) based on their hemodynamic profiles. METHOD Analytical, cross-sectional study conducted in the emergency room of a public hospital in a large cardiology center in Brazil. One hundred medical records of patients with HF whose hemodynamic profile had been established were analyzed. RESULTS The main NDs identified were risk of infection, bathing self-care deficit, risk for decreased cardiac output, risk for falls, and excess fluid volume. There was no statistically significant difference (p > .05) between the different hemodynamic profiles and the ND found. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Nurses need to develop skills for improving their diagnostic abilities to ensure implementation of consistent interventions.