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Standardized Language—Making Nursing Practice Count
Author(s) -
Beyea Suzanne C.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61302-1
Subject(s) - documentation , nursing outcomes classification , nursing , nursing minimum data set , medicine , nursing records , nursing practice , medline , nursing research , psychology , team nursing , computer science , political science , law , programming language
Language in nursing has never communicated the same clinical problems in a clear, precise, or consistent manner. Clinical information systems require standardized terms and definitions to help clinicians with electronic documentation. The future of nursing depends on systematic efforts to label and define nursing contributions to health care. Standardized nursing languages provide a structure to manage nursing data in a computerized patient record. Learning about and working with standardized nursing languages will ensure that nursing contributions are an integral component of any medical record. This article defines standardized language, explores standardized languages in nursing, and outlines the various nursing languages for clinical practice that have been recognized by the American Nurses Association. AORN J 70 (Nov 1999) 831‐838.