Furthering the development of standardized nursing terminology through an ENP-ICNP cross-mapping.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the completeness and validity of the terms used in ENP in describing nursing diagnoses using a cross-mapping to ICNP.


METHODS
The mapping procedure was carried out using the parallel mapping method.


RESULTS
The interrater reliability showed good to very good results. The percentage of agreement of the rating results for the ICNP phenomenon axes was between 73% and 99%, and the randomly adjusted Cohen's Kappa value was 0.88 on the ICNP focus axis.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of the mapping show that both classifications, ENP and INCP, are not yet complete for illustrating all aspects of nursing. Both classifications use a large proportion of overlapping terms (75%), and a small proportion of terms (25%) which describe different dimensions of nursing in both ENP and ICNP.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of the mapping are discussed in consideration of the nurse's perspective. The main focus is on the difference between pre-combined systems, like ENP, and post-combined, like ICNP, and their implications on the use of nursing classifications in practice for the illustration of the nursing process.
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ENP Research and Development Group, Bad Emstal(Kassel), Germany. pia.wieteck@t-online.de
D006801:Humans; D007392:International Council of Nurses; D009729:Nursing / Q000145:classification*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards*; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000592:standards; D009736:Nursing Process; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D017432:Unified Medical Language System / Q000592:standards*