Grant J S, Kinney M R
Nurs Diagn. 1991 Oct-Dec;2(4):181-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-618x.1991.tb00356.x.
Although much attention has focused on the validation of defining characteristics for nursing diagnoses, equal attention has not been devoted to the development of operational definitions for defining characteristics. Operational definitions, however, provide a reference for determining whether defining characteristics are present in patients who participate in clinical validation studies. Validation of nursing diagnoses emerges from occurrence of the diagnostic label in clinical practice. Operational definitions provide the bridge between incidental observation and scientific validation of nursing diagnoses.
尽管很多注意力都集中在护理诊断定义特征的验证上，但对于定义特征的操作定义的制定却没有给予同等的关注。然而，操作定义为确定参与临床验证研究的患者是否存在定义特征提供了参考。护理诊断的验证源于临床实践中诊断标签的出现。操作定义为护理诊断的偶然观察和科学验证之间架起了桥梁。
