Nursing diagnosis: use and potential in critical care.
Nursing diagnosis is a classification system for nursing widely used in the USA. There is increasing interest in its potential for use within British nursing. Benefits and concerns are raised about using nursing diagnosis in practice. This paper considers the potential for using nursing diagnosis in a critical care setting. Using nursing diagnosis raises many issues for British nurses, and these need to be discussed and clarified prior to implementation into practice.
Mills
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Intensive Care and Nursing Development Unit, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.
Howie
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Mone
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D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D006113:United Kingdom