NANDA International
NANDA International (NANDA-I) is a professional organization founded in 1982, initially as the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, and later reorganized in 2002 to broaden its geographic reach. NANDA-I's primary objective is the development of standardized terminology for evidence-based nursing diagnoses, which facilitates improved communication among nursing professionals. The organization is recognized for its contribution to nursing practice through its classification system, known as Taxonomy II, which provides a common language for nurses worldwide. NANDA-I collaborates with other nursing classifications, such as the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) and Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), to enhance the consistency and quality of nursing care.
NANDA-I plays a vital role in funding research, advocating for evidence-based practices, and supporting clinical decision-making within the nursing community. Its history includes significant milestones, such as the first national conference on nursing diagnoses in 1973 and collaboration with the World Health Organization in 1986. By standardizing nursing terminology and practices, NANDA-I aims to improve data collection on nursing diagnoses and care outcomes, thereby promoting higher standards of care in diverse healthcare settings. The organization also engages international members, reflecting a commitment to a globally unified approach to nursing diagnostics.
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NANDA International
The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) International was founded in 1982 and reorganized in 2002 as NANDA International (NANDA-I), with a larger geographic scope. The group includes members in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Nigeria as well as North America. NANDA-I’s primary purpose is to develop standardized terminology for evidence-based nursing diagnoses. It also funds research and shares information about evidence-based nursing practices and clinical decision-making.
Together with the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) and the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), NANDA-I’s nursing classification, Taxonomy II (often just called "NANDA" by nurses), provides a standardized language of nursing.
Overview
The First National Conference on the Classification of Nursing Diagnoses was held in 1973, after a task force was called by Mary Ann Levin and Kristine Gebbie (who later went on to become the first White House AIDS Czar), faculty members at St. Louis University. St. Louis University established the Clearinghouse for Nursing Diagnoses, which held nursing diagnosis materials, coordinated plans for further national conferences, and distributed bibliographies on diagnostic categories. In 1977, an affiliated nurse theorist group organized, and at the national conference in 1978, presented its first framework for nursing diagnoses, Patterns of Unitary Man (Humans).
In 1982, the National Task Forces of the United States and Canada officially merged to form the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, electing Dr. Marjory Gordon as its first president. That same year, the American Nurses Association (ANA) established a steering committee on the classification of nursing practice phenomena, of which the president of NANDA would be a committee member. In 1986, ANA presented NANDA’s nursing language and classification system to the World Health Organization and recommended that it be disseminated internationally.
NANDA’s first Taxonomy was published in 1987, based on the earlier Patterns of Unitary Man and subsequent theoretical work, and incorporating collaborations with the ANA. The first international collaborations began shortly thereafter, and NANDA’s official journal, Nursing Diagnosis, began publication in 1990. NANDA, NIC, and NOC held their first joint meeting to coordinate standardized nursing language in 1997.
The Taxonomy underwent a substantial revision lasting several years and was overhauled and released as Taxonomy II in 2002. In 2008, NANDA-I began allowing nursing diagnosis submissions online, and in 2010 it became an affiliate member of the International Council of Nurses.
The standardized language of NIC, NOC, and NANDA-I’s Taxonomy II is important to nursing because it makes for better and simpler communication among nurses. Moreover, standardization across the industry and consistency of use over time enable better and more accurate data collection on diagnoses, nursing care, care outcomes, and standards of care, by ensuring the accuracy of one-to-one comparisons.
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