Furthering the development of standardized nursing terminology through an ENP-ICNP cross-mapping.

PURPOSE

To examine the completeness and validity of the terms used in ENP in describing nursing diagnoses using a cross-mapping to ICNP.

METHODS

The mapping procedure was carried out using the parallel mapping method.

RESULTS

The interrater reliability showed good to very good results. The percentage of agreement of the rating results for the ICNP phenomenon axes was between 73% and 99%, and the randomly adjusted Cohen's Kappa value was 0.88 on the ICNP focus axis.

DISCUSSION

The results of the mapping show that both classifications, ENP and INCP, are not yet complete for illustrating all aspects of nursing. Both classifications use a large proportion of overlapping terms (75%), and a small proportion of terms (25%) which describe different dimensions of nursing in both ENP and ICNP.

CONCLUSION

The results of the mapping are discussed in consideration of the nurse's perspective. The main focus is on the difference between pre-combined systems, like ENP, and post-combined, like ICNP, and their implications on the use of nursing classifications in practice for the illustration of the nursing process.