Mapping the Diagnosis Axis of an Interface Terminology to the NANDA International Taxonomy

Abstract

Background. Nursing terminologies are designed to support nursing practice but, as with any other clinical tool, they should be evaluated. Cross-mapping is a formal method for examining the validity of the existing controlled vocabularies. Objectives. The study aims to assess the inclusiveness and expressiveness of the nursing diagnosis axis of a newly implemented interface terminology by cross-mapping with the NANDA-I taxonomy. Design/Methods. The study applied a descriptive design, using a cross-sectional, bidirectional mapping strategy. The sample included 728 concepts from both vocabularies. Concept cross-mapping was carried out to identify one-to-one, negative, and hierarchical connections. The analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics. Results. Agreement of the raters' mapping achieved 97%. More than 60% of the nursing diagnosis concepts in the NANDA-I taxonomy were mapped to concepts in the diagnosis axis of the new interface terminology; 71.1% were reversely mapped. Conclusions. Main results for outcome measures suggest that the diagnosis axis of this interface terminology meets the validity criterion of cross-mapping when mapped from and to the NANDA-I taxonomy.

Precisión y exhaustividad del registro de eventos adversos mediante una terminología de interfase

“…In this AE, the evolution of care was recorded in 122 episodes of care, and the evolution of care was recordedin higher number in a preformulated template for 71 (46.4%) of the care episodes (Table 3). 16.3%), with a p value=0.03. Statistically significant differences in prescriptions of care were also observed in the records, with means for PU-related prescriptions of 2.5 vs. 1.5, with a p value=0.01, means for SSI-related prescriptions of 1.9 vs. 0.4, with a p value<0.05, and means for AP-related prescriptions of 1.4 vs. 0.7, with a p value=0.02.…”

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A nursing interface terminology: Evaluation of face validity

“…Information on the evolving status of the terminology, its philosophical and theoretical foundations based on an interpretative conceptualization of the meta paradigmatic concepts of the discipline (individual, health, environment and nursing), an analysis of its conceptual framework, including the nursing process, diagnosis, outcomes and interventions, and some other studies have been published elsewhere [25][26][27][28].…”

The Nursing Diagnosis Disturbed Thought Processes in Psychiatric Patients: Prevalence and Associated Characteristics

“…The increasing use of electronic medical record software in different healthcare settings highlights the need of employing a standardized language in nursing records in order to facilitate the efficient registration and access of data (Jones, Lunney, Keenan, & Moorhead, 2010;von Krogh & Naden, 2008). Therefore, over the last decades, there has been a significant breakthrough at an international level in the development of different taxonomies and classification systems that translate the specific nursing functions in the care of patients to a standardized terminology (Juvé Udina, Gonzalez Samartino, & Matud Calvo, 2012;von Krogh & Naden, 2008;Saranto et al, 2013). Currently, the American Nurses Association recognizes up to 13 different terminologies and data sets that represent the different aspects of the nursing clinical practice (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2012).…”