title: Processes and methodologies for research validation of nursing diagnoses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Research validation of nursing diagnoses.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide a historical review of processes and methodologies for research validation of nursing diagnoses and suggested directions for future nursing diagnosis research.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nursing diagnosis research methodologies and processes from the Invitational Conference on Research Methods for Validating Nursing Diagnoses, Nursing Diagnosis: The Journal of Nursing Language and Classification, and the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) conference proceedings for the first through the 12th conference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future nursing diagnosis research should include concept analysis, expert validation, clinical validation, instrument development, larger studies, powerful statistical analyses, replication and comparison of studies, and concerted efforts to support group research activities that target priority areas of research.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Whitley
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design