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Developing a unified language for children’s nurses, children and their families in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
Lyte Geraldine,
Jones Kathryn
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2001.00450.x
Subject(s) - delphi method , medical diagnosis , focus group , nursing , relevance (law) , medicine , psychology , family medicine , medical education , statistics , mathematics , pathology , marketing , political science , law , business
• This paper presents a taxonomy of Infant, Child and Adolescent (ICA) nursing diagnoses and clinical outcomes that has been developed with the co‐operation of nurses caring for children in the United Kingdom. • Three focus group interviews were conducted in one acute care NHS trust in London (referred to as the host trust in this paper) in 1998/99, in which participants were asked to consider nursing and family factors relevant for identifying and providing care. • A total of 28 ICA diagnoses, including definitions, defining characteristics and outcomes, were identified for clinical testing and included in the ICA taxonomy. • The ICA diagnostic labels and outcomes for care were further tested for their relevance for clinical practice in a Delphi Survey carried out in 1999 and their use in clinical practice began in 1999. • This research augments the findings from an initial Delphi survey carried out in 1993 and case study research in 1996. • The previous research initiated the development of a unified language for children’s nurses, children and their families, to aid communication and decision‐making. • Implications of this and future research for clinical practice, nationally and internationally, are also discussed.