Identifying nursing concepts: are we similar?
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article was to define and describe the fundamental aspects of similarity with application to the use of nursing terminologies.


METHODS
Data were obtained from Google, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsychINFO, and PubMed using the keywords "similarity views,""similarity,""concepts and categorization," and other published sources.


RESULTS
Three prominent similarity views were compared, contrasted, and applied to the use of nursing diagnoses.


CONCLUSIONS
Each view has intentions (requirements) that guide the categorization of information to concepts and influence naming of nursing concepts.


CONCLUSIONS
By understanding similarity, nurse educators and technology designers can influence how nursing concepts are represented.
Falan
Sharie L
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Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan University, USA. sharie.falan@wmich.edu
D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D009729:Nursing; D009626:Terminology as Topic