title: Structural data elements--standardized terms and definitions.
abstract: Perioperative nurses must have an organized approach to collect, organize, classify, and capture clinical nursing data to communicate nursing practice. Standardized nursing language provides a systematic method of collecting basic elements of perioperative nursing care. This article examines how structural elements were developed and validated for this standardized language.
authors.affiliation: AORN, Inc., Denver, USA.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Beyea
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000145:classification; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States