Moving past theory: Use of a standardized, coded nursing terminology to enhance nursing visibility

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 324-331

  Saba, Virginia K ^a,c   Taylor, Sheryl L ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QuadraMed Corporation   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical care classification; Nursing diagnosis, interventions and outcomes; Nursing standards; Nursing terminology

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248994760     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCN.0000299654.13777.9f     Document Type: Article

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