title: Convergence, divergence and diagnostic accuracy in the light of two nursing terminologies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  compare divergences and convergences between the nursing diagnoses established for a case study, in the light of two nursing terminologies.
  
  
  METHODS
  a descriptive research was undertaken. The participants were 24 nurses from public teaching hospitals (N=12) and hospital care institutions (N=12) in the Northeast of Brazil.
  
  
  RESULTS
  in group A (6 faculty members and 6 clinical professionals), 51 diagnoses were established according to NANDA-I: 54.9% of high accuracy, 23.5% zero, 15.7% low and 5.9% moderate accuracy. In group B (6 faculty members and 6 clinical professionals), 43 declarations were established using the ICNP®: 44.2% of zero accuracy, 39.5% high, 16.3% low. Four out of fi ve diagnostic titles of high accuracy in group A and the seven titles in group B converged; divergences were attributed to the number of combinations among the focus, judgment and location axes of the ICNP®.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  a range of titles was observed with different diagnostic inferences and low diagnostic accuracy in both groups.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem Fundamental, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sheila Coelho Ramalho Vasconcelos
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Morais
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem Fundamental, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Miriam Lima
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: da Nóbrega
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem Fundamental, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Emilia Campos
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D000072917:Standardized Nursing Terminology