Challenges in the development and testing of a reference terminology model for nursing interventions

Area of Science:

• Nursing Informatics
• Health Terminology
• Clinical Information Modeling

Background:

• The first Nursing Terminology Summit (1999) convened a group focused on nursing interventions.
• Developing a standardized reference terminology model for nursing interventions was a key objective.

Purpose of the Study:

• To report the work of the Interventions Group.
• To describe challenges and insights in evolving a nursing interventions reference terminology model.
• To identify critical success factors for consensus modeling efforts.

Main Methods:

• Analysis of the group's exploration and analysis of clinical information models.
• Review of the state of the art in formal representations of nursing interventions.
• Discussion of lessons learned from consensus modeling work.

Main Results:

• Clarification of clinical information model types and formal representations of nursing interventions.
• Identification of the relationship between nursing languages and formal representations.
• Progress in defining a terminology model for nursing interventions.

Conclusions:

• The group's work provides insights into the process and challenges of developing nursing terminology models.
• Consensus modeling requires careful consideration of critical success factors.
• Further progress is needed for a definitive nursing intervention terminology model.