title: Formalizing nursing knowledge: from theories and models to ontologies.
abstract: 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.
authors: School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. peace@wisc.edu
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Peace
authors: Patricia Flatley
authors: PF
authors: Brennan
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005192:Family Health; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D048108:Nursing Informatics