title: Chaining nursing diagnosis: the use of etiological sequencing in the development of a plan of care.
abstract: There has been an explosion of information on nursing diagnosis. A recent computer search of the literature revealed a total of 595 publications on nursing diagnosis. Only 6 of these manuscripts were released between the years 1971 and 1974 inclusively; 11 between 1975 and 1979, 178 manuscripts appeared between 1979 and 1985, while 400 were published from 1985 and 1989. In addition, a search of the Nursing and Allied Health Data Base revealed 1,068 articles published from 1982 to 1989. These data clearly emphasize the increased interest in this important topic. Consequently, a plethora of information has been made available to the educator, the clinician, the researcher, and the student. However, through over 15 years of experience with nursing diagnosis, this author has found the issue of cause and effect (etiology and problem) to be an ongoing problem.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing