title: Concurrent validity of a rule-based system.
abstract: The purpose of this project was to test the concurrent validity of the diagnoses recommended by a rule-based expert system. Concurrent validity was determined first by comparing the expert system's computerized diagnostic recommendations with that of a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS Assessor) who assessed the patient, and secondly by comparing the expert system's candidate diagnoses with those of a panel of 10 clinical nurse specialists (CNS Panel). The expert system rule base for generating diagnoses was programmed for some of the most common nursing diagnoses (Metzger & Hiltunen, 1987) including: alteration in comfort, acute pain; impaired physical mobility; sleep pattern disturbance; impairment of skin integrity and self-care deficit (bathing, feeding, toileting, and dressing). Activity intolerance and potential for infection were also programmed as diagnostic possibilities in the rule base.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California at Los Angeles 90025-1702.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005103:Expert Systems; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012494:Sampling Studies