title: Concept analysis of relating: a human response pattern.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An investigation of relating, one of the nine human response patterns, used as the conceptual basis for the classification of nursing diagnoses.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  A formal linguistic analysis of each of the nine human response patterns is warranted in order to allow a continuation of the exploration, definition, and development of research-based practice based on the NANDA framework.
  
  
  METHODS
  "Human Response Patterns" developed by NANDA, historical foundations of the concept of relating, the use of this construct by nursing and other disciplines.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Concept analysis of relating resulted in conceptual and operational definitions. The efficacy of further developing nursing's taxonomic tree on the nine human response patterns has been advanced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lamb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012919:Social Behavior; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled