title: What's in a name? The taxonomy and nomenclature puzzle, part 1.
abstract: Nursing needs a unified, ubiquitous language with which to describe its unique contributions to the health care process. The first step to creating this language is to understand the terms.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Informatics, Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, Mo, USA.
authors.forename: Roy L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D002965:Classification; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled