Kontakt 2006, 8(1):25-30 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2006.005

Methodological notes to problems of validation of nursing diagnosesNursing

Elena Holmanová^*, Katarína Žiaková, Juraj Čáp

Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Jesseniova lekárska fakulta v Martine, Ústav ošetrovateľstva

Research in the field of validation of nursing diagnoses included in the classification system NANDA International represents a process continuing for a period of over 30 years with a coordinated international cooperation. The terminology system NANDA International was also widely established in our country, mainly in the field of special publications, education curricula, etc. In the course of 15 years of its implementation under our conditions we can record a critical reflection related to the terminology vagueness as well as ambiguousness of diagnoses or diagnostic characters and tendencies to different modifications which restrict its meaningfulness and usefulness in the practice, research and education. The authors of the contribution analyze existing working frameworks (strategies, models) and propose a scheme of working framework of validation studies, which implement particular stages of the validation procedure in the following sequence: providing of conceptual diagnostic terms, validation by experts and clinical validation by nurses.

Keywords: validation; NANDA International; conceptual analysis; validation by experts; clinical validation

Published: May 26, 2006  Show citation