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Identifying nursing concepts: are we similar?
1Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan University, USA. sharie.falan@wmich.edu
Purpose:
The purpose of this article was to define and describe the fundamental aspects of similarity with application to the use of nursing terminologies.
Data Sources:
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.
Data Synthesis:
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.
Implications:
By understanding similarity, nurse educators and technology designers can influence how nursing concepts are represented.
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