Overview of the Standardized Nursing Languages: NANDA, NIC & NOC

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Naming It

Rationale for using a standardized nursing language

Historical Markers

Does every patient deserve a nurse?

Why standardize nursing languages (SNLs)?

Barriers

Collective Nursing Data

Role of Informatics

State of the Art: ANA recognized languages

Nomenclature or Taxonomy?

Nomenclature

Taxonomic Structure

Nursing Outcomes Classification

Nursing Interventions Classification

North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)

Conclusion

References

Table 1 - Abbreviations

Table 2 - Example of the Taxonomic Structure for NOC

Post Test Questions: Nursing's Professional Languages (Select one answer only. Do not mail this post-test to MNA. Keep it for your records. Mail in the answer sheet only.)

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