The nurse recognizes which of the following as a true statement about a nursing classification system? (Select all that apply.)
a. It provides a standard language for nursing care.
b. It promotes visibility and defines professional practice of nursing contributions to client care.
c. It lacks standardized terminologies that promote best practices within nursing.
d. It has not been thoroughly incorporated into many agencies' electronic clinical records.
e. It provides a common language for nursing care.
ANS: A, B, D, E
Nursing classification systems provide a standard and common language for nursing care so that nursing contributions to client care become visible and define professional practice. Standardized terminologies allow nursing research to explore nursing interventions and outcomes for common problems to identify "best practices." The ANA says that standards for terminology are an essential requirement for a computer-based patient record. Standardized nursing languages need to convince the business and medical interests managing health care agencies of the need to incorporate nursing classification codes as part of their information technology systems. The greatest problem has been that nursing classifications have not been thoroughly incorporated into many agencies' electronic clinical records.
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