title: Advanced Nursing Process quality: Comparing the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) with the NANDA-International (NANDA-I) and Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the quality of the advanced nursing process in nursing documentation in two hospitals.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Various standardised terminologies are employed by nurses worldwide, whether for teaching, research or patient care. These systems can improve the quality of nursing records, enable care continuity, consistency in written communication and enhance safety for patients and providers alike.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 138 records from two facilities (69 records from each facility) were analysed, one using the NANDA-International and Nursing Interventions Classification terminology (Centre 1) and one the International Classification for Nursing Practice (Centre 2), by means of the Quality of Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes instrument. Quality of Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes scores range from 0-58 points. Nursing records were dated 2012-2013 for Centre 1 and 2010-2011 for Centre 2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Centre 1 had a Quality of Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes score of 35·46 (±6·45), whereas Centre 2 had a Quality of Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes score of 31·72 (±4·62) (p < 0·001). Centre 2 had higher scores in the 'Nursing Diagnoses as Process' dimension, whereas in the 'Nursing Diagnoses as Product', 'Nursing Interventions' and 'Nursing Outcomes' dimensions, Centre 1 exhibited superior performance; acceptable reliability values were obtained for both centres, except for the 'Nursing Interventions' domain in Centre 1 and the 'Nursing Diagnoses as Process' and 'Nursing Diagnoses as Product' domains in Centre 2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The quality of nursing documentation was superior at Centre 1, although both facilities demonstrated moderate scores considering the maximum potential score of 58 points. Reliability analyses showed satisfactory results for both standardised terminologies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing leaders should use a validated instrument to investigate the quality of nursing records after implementation of standardised terminologies.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Nursing at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Enfermagem no Cuidado ao Adulto e Idoso (GEPECADI), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eneida Rejane
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Rabelo-Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Carla
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Dantas Cavalcanti
authors.affiliation: Nurse of Instituto Nacional do Câncer (HC III), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ramos Goulart Caldas
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Nursing at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Enfermagem no Cuidado ao Adulto e Idoso (GEPECADI), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Amália de Fátima
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Lucena
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Nursing at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Enfermagem no Cuidado ao Adulto e Idoso (GEPECADI), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Miriam de Abreu
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Graciele Fernanda da Costa
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Linch
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Nursing at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Enfermagem no Cuidado ao Adulto e Idoso (GEPECADI), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Barragan
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Nursing Projects, Research and Innovation (Switzerland) & Hanze University, Groningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller-Staub
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D000072917:Standardized Nursing Terminology; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled
keywords: International Classification for Nursing Practice; NANDA-International; Nursing Interventions Classification; Quality of Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes instrument; classification; nursing process; nursing records