title: Implementing the Omaha classification system in a public health agency.
abstract: Systemized nursing diagnosis based on standardized, coded terminology is in the early stages of evolution. The Waukesha Health Department has been a part of that evolutionary process. Introduction of the concept of nursing diagnosis led to the conclusion that for this agency a more systematic, community tested taxonomy was needed. The OCS was the system selected. The progress of the two systems, NANDA and OCS, appears to be evolving in parallel. No doubt, in the future one system will emerge as best for all fields of nursing. Meanwhile, the use of the OCS in practice settings serves the evolutionary process well by providing a foundation of trial and experience.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000145:classification; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification; D009737:Nursing Records; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D011635:Public Health Administration; D011637:Public Health Nursing; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014922:Wisconsin