title: Defining and validating nursing interventions.
abstract: A research team at the University of Iowa has been working for 5 years to develop a classification of nursing interventions. Conceptual work to clarify the nature of a nursing intervention was needed. An inductive approach was taken to group discrete nursing activities and attach a conceptual label. Fehring's methodology was adapted for soliciting input from nurse experts for the 134 labels described in this issue. These labels are a part of the standardized language in the Iowa classification.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Bulechek
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McCloskey
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification*; D015399:Nursing Research; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States