Impact of an Educational Program on the Use of Standardized Nursing Languages for Nursing Documentation Among Public Health Nurses in Nigeria
ConclusionEducating PHNs and providing them with standardized nursing care plans enhance documentation of care. Implication to PracticeA combination of education on the use of standardized nursing languages and standardized nursing care plans can enhance documentation of care. There is a need for more research on the use of standardized nursing languages in developing nations. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - April 5, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Patience Omonigho Odutayo, Adenike Ayobola Olaogun, Abimbola Oyeninhun Oluwatosin, Adesola Adenike Ogunfowokan Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Nursing Outcomes for Brazilian Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With Deficient Diversional Activity
ConclusionsThe study suggests that nursing outcomes validated by the experts are pertinent for Brazilian pediatric patients hospitalized and diagnosed with deficient diversional activity. Implications for PracticeNursing Outcomes Classification is a viable alternative for the assessment of nursing care outcomes. Further studies should investigate the applicability of these data in clinical practice. ObjetivosValidar o conteúdo (Modelo de Fehring adaptado) dos Resultados de Enfermagem NOC para pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados com o diagnóstico de enfermagem Atividade de Recreação Deficiente. MétodosOs Resultados d...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - March 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Miriam de Abreu Almeida, Marcos Barragan da Silva, Bruna Paulsen Panato, Ana Paula de Oliveira Siqueira, Maria do Carmo Rocha Laurent Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Spiritual Distress—Proposing a New Definition and Defining Characteristics
ConclusionsThe diagnosis misses some DCs that emerged from the literature review and lacks comprehensiveness. The domain and the class are reductionist toward its meaning. The taxonomy lacks a spiritual domain to include this and other diagnoses currently dispersed in other domains. Implications for PracticeFurther content and clinical validation is needed, as well as an assessment, to determine the diagnosis' class and domain. ObjectivoIdentificar o conceito e as características definidoras (CDs) de angústia espiritual (00066). MétodoRevisão integrativa de literatura. ResultadosA amostra é constituída por 37 artigos...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - March 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Sílvia Caldeira, Emília Campos Carvalho, Margarida Vieira Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Implications of Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Legislation for Nursing Clinical Information System Development and Refinement
Conclusions: The nursing CIS in many, if not most hospitals, has a number of critical design inadequacies that constrain the meaningful use of nursing data to ensure quality outcomes for patients and data‐based maturing of the nursing profession. Implications: It is the responsibility and obligation of nurses to ensure that CISs are designed for the meaningful use of nursing clinical data. To accomplish these ends, interoperable clinical nursing data must be documented in a properly integrated operational CIS, and must be retrievable and stored in data repositories for analysis and reports. (Source: International Jou...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - March 7, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Cindy A. Scherb, Meridean L. Maas, Barbara J. Head, Marion R. Johnson, Marie Kozel, David Reed, Elizabeth Swanson, Sue Moorhead Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

The Depth of Language
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Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - February 17, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Jane Flanagan Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Issue Information
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Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - February 17, 2013 Category: Nursing Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research

Network Nursing: Connections Between Nursing and Complex Network Science
ConclusionsNursing networks can be used to characterize patients from a nursing perspective. Especially, they allow a process‐based view and are able to map relationships or dependencies. One major advantage of a networking approach is that it can be applied independently from the underlying nursing classifications or terminologies. Implications for Nursing PracticeNetwork nursing makes it possible to formally investigate the nursing process and thus opens up a so far little‐known cosmos of possibilities and methods to expand nursing knowledge. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - February 1, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Matthias Dehmer, Werner O. Hackl, Frank Emmert‐Streib, Eva Schulc, Christa Them Tags: Special Report Source Type: research

Attributing Fuzzy Values to Nursing Diagnoses and Their Elements: The Specialists' Opinion
ConclusionsThe strategy was able to identify degrees of membership between nursing diagnoses and elements. ImplicationsIt seems that this method, if expanded, would contribute to refining and mapping the NANDA‐I terminology. ObjetivoTestar a viabilidade de utilizar a opinião de especialistas para estabelecer graus de pertinência entre diagnósticos de enfermagem e seus elementos (características definidoras ou fatores de risco), baseado nos conceitos da Teoria dos Conjuntos Fuzzy. Esta estratégia poderá viabilizar o mapeamento do conhecimento do especialista na tarefa diagnóstica. MétodosEspecialistas foram convid...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - February 1, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Rodrigo Jensen, Diná de Almeida Lopes Monteiro da Cruz, Luiz Celso Gomes, Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Effect of Continuing Nursing Education on Nurses' Attitude Toward and Accuracy of Nursing Diagnosis
ConclusionsContinuing education can improve clinical reasoning, as shown by improved attitudes toward and accuracy of nursing diagnosis. Practice ImplicationsNurse educators should create educational strategies for practicing nurses to improve clinical reasoning skills. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - February 1, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Anita Collins Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

The Influence of the Use of Diagnostic Resources on Nurses' Communication With Simulated Patients During Admission Interviews
ConclusionPrestructured forms may promote comprehensive interviews, but nurses need to be aware that using certain kinds of diagnostic resources may hinder them from asking open‐ended questions. Practice ImplicationsNurses need to increase their use of open‐ended questions. TitelDe invloed van het gebruik van diagnostische kennishulpmiddelen op de verpleegkundige communicatie met simulatiepatiënten gedurende opnamegesprekken. DoelHet doel van deze studie was te bepalen hoe diagnostische kennishulpmiddelen de communicatie van verpleegkundigen kunnen beïnvloeden bij opnamegesprekken. MethodeEen gerandomiseerd onderzoek...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - February 1, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Wolter Paans, Maria Müller‐Staub, Roos Nieweg Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

A Nursing Conceptual Model for Contamination
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Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - November 23, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

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Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - November 23, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

How Nurse Practitioners Make Decisions Regarding Coronary Heart Disease Risk: A Social Judgment Analysis
International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications, EarlyView. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - November 16, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Case Study: A Young Male With Auditory Hallucinations in Paranoid Schizophrenia
International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications, EarlyView. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - November 16, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

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International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications, Ahead of Print. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications - November 16, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: research