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Clinical Support For Eliminating The Nursing Diagnosis Of Knowledge Deficit
Author(s) -
Dennison Pamela D.,
Keeling Arlene W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1989.tb00119.x
Subject(s) - nursing diagnosis , nursing , medicine , psychology , pathology , medical diagnosis
An investigation of the appropriateness of the use of the nursing diagnosis, Knowledge Deficit, in specific clinical instances and examination of the diagnosis in light of validation criteria provided clinical support for eliminating it. The authors conclude that Knowledge Deficit falls outside of the boundaries of the discipline and that the label encourages nurses to focus attention on the promotion of knowledge as an entity rather than addressing a behavior related to the patients' lack of information. Removal of Knowledge Deficit from The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (1986) taxonomy would force nurses to use other diagnostic labels.