Representing nursing assessment data with the ICNP
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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
Published on: August 25, 2014
Hyeoneui Kim1, Patricia Dykes, Denise Goldsmith
1Decision Systems Group, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract:
Patient assessment provides the basis for identifying patient problems sensitive to nursing care and aligning nursing interventions to promote positive patient outcomes. We mapped the key concepts and attribute relations extracted from a set of initial patient assessment items to the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP). Although we found the coverage of the ICNP not yet complete, we believe that the ICNP does have the potential to represent the nursing assessment data.
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