title: Nursing diagnosis: implications for health, with particular concerns for community nursing.
abstract: As nursing terminology develops to include positive health/wellness related concepts, the appropriateness of nursing diagnoses is questioned. Nursing diagnoses have the potential to lead community nurses towards a reductionist and simplistic view of the complexities associated with community issues. Concerns and questions are raised in relation to the acceptance of nursing diagnoses in Australian community nursing practice.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cooney
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards*; D009626:Terminology as Topic