title: Noun phrases for nursing diagnoses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The use of noun phrases for nursing diagnoses instead of the current mixture of phrases and clauses
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article reviews the current list of qualifiers; discusses language clarity, precision, grammatical concerns; and defines noun phrases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature review
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The author proposes a list of qualifiers to replace the current list, and recommends a revised list of nursing diagnoses using noun phrases to improve their clinical usefulness, allow for alphabetization, and enhance clarity.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sparks
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D009626:Terminology as Topic