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Furthering the development of standardized nursing terminology through an ENP®‐ICNP® cross‐mapping
Author(s) -
Wieteck P.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00639.x
Subject(s) - terminology , inter rater reliability , medicine , nursing , mathematics , linguistics , statistics , rating scale , philosophy
Purpose: To examine the completeness and validity of the terms used in ENP® in describing nursing diagnoses using a cross‐mapping to ICNP®. Methods: The mapping procedure was carried out using the parallel mapping method. Results: The interrater reliability showed good to very good results. The percentage of agreement of the rating results for the ICNP® phenomenon axes was between 73% and 99%, and the randomly adjusted Cohen's Kappa value was 0.88 on the ICNP® focus axis. Discussion: The results of the mapping show that both classifications, ENP® and INCP®, are not yet complete for illustrating all aspects of nursing. Both classifications use a large proportion of overlapping terms (75%), and a small proportion of terms (25%) which describe different dimensions of nursing in both ENP® and ICNP®. Conclusion: The results of the mapping are discussed in consideration of the nurse's perspective. The main focus is on the difference between pre‐combined systems, like ENP®, and post‐combined, like ICNP®, and their implications on the use of nursing classifications in practice for the illustration of the nursing process.