Recently added articles from International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications:

Moving Ahead in 2008

Jan 01, 2008; Whitley, Georgia Griffith ... I was privileged to meet with the President and the Directors of NANDA International during their fall meeting. They are an enthusiastic and hardworking group. We discussed many issues related to how the Journal can serve the members and interested nurses by promoting the work of the ...

Nursing Diagnosis: Is It Time for a New Definition?

Jan 01, 2008; Herdman, T Heather ... PURPOSE. The Diagnosis Development Committee (DDC) of NANDA International frequently receives proposed "physiologic" and "surveillance diagnosis" submissions that may not meet the current definition of nursing diagnosis (NANDA, 2007, p. 332). There has been a request for a vote on newly proposed ...

An Exemplar of the Use of NNN Language in Developing Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines

Jan 01, 2008; Kautz, Donald D; Van Horn, Elizabeth R ... PURPOSE. To explore the use of standardized language, NNN, in the development of evidence-based practice (EBP). DATA SOURCES. Published research and texts on family interventions, nursing diagnoses (NANDA-I), nursing interventions (NIC), and nursing outcomes (NOC). DATA ANALYSIS ....

The Need for International Nursing Diagnosis Research and a Theoretical Framework

Jan 01, 2008; Lunney, Margaret ... PURPOSE. To describe the need for nursing diagnosis research and a theoretical framework for such research. DATA SOURCES. A linguistics theory served as the foundation for the theoretical framework. DATA SYNTHESIS. Reasons for additional nursing diagnosis research are: (a) file ...

Testing the Q-DIO as an Instrument to Measure the Documented Quality of Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes

Jan 01, 2008; Müller-Staub, Maria; Lunney, Margaret; Lavin, Mary Ann; Needham, Ian; Odenbreit, Matthias; van Achterberg, Theo ... PURPOSE. To describe pilot testing of Quality of Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes (Q-DIO), an instrument to measure quality of nursing documentation. DESIGN. Instrument testing was performed using a random, stratified sample of 60 nursing documentations representing hospital nursing ...

Committee Reports

Jan 01, 2008; Anonymous ... NANDA International Conference Planning Committee Journal Report November, 2007 The Conference Planning Committee has had three conference calls. Following is a summary of the progress to date in planning for the 2008 conference. Conference Title: Capturing the ...

News From Around the Globe

Jan 01, 2008; Anonymous ... USA Iowa Institute on Nursing Informatics and Classification The 2007 Institute on Nursing Informatics and Classification was held at the College of Nursing on June 11-13, 2007. Over 50 participants attended representing 14 states and three countries. The conference ...