title: Identifying nursing concepts: are we similar?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan University, USA. sharie.falan@wmich.edu
authors.forename: Sharie L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Falan
mesh_terms: D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D009729:Nursing; D009626:Terminology as Topic