Formalizing nursing knowledge: from theories and models to ontologies.
Knowledge representation in nursing is poised to address the depth of nursing knowledge about the specific phenomena of importance to nursing. Nursing theories and models may provide a starting point for making this knowledge explicit in representations. We combined knowledge building methods from nursing and ontology design methods from biomedical informatics to create a nursing representation of family health history. Our experience provides an example of how knowledge representations may be created to facilitate electronic support for nursing practice and knowledge development.
Peace
Jane
J
School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. peace@wisc.edu
Brennan
Patricia Flatley
PF
D001331:Automation; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005192:Family Health; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D048108:Nursing Informatics