Abstract
To develop a bank of terms of specialized nursing language based on the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) for the care of the person with spinal cord injury. Descriptive, quantitative study guided by the guidelines of terminological studies. Terms were extracted from an official document of the Ministry of Health through use of a computer tool, and were standardized and mapped with the ICNP® Version 2015. We identified 446 relevant terms, of which 265 were equal, 68 were similar, 23 were more comprehensive, 66 were more restricted, and 24 were not in concordance with terms of the ICNP®. Terms classified as equal and similar were considered as constant. Thus, the bank of terms consisted of 333 constant terms and 113 not contained in the classification. Terms included in the Focus, Action, Means and Location axes predominated. The bank of terms will contribute to the construction of the ICNP® terminology subset for the care of people with spinal cord injury.
Highlights
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an incapacitating neurological syndrome with important physiological, emotional, social and economic repercussions
To develop a bank of terms of specialized nursing language based on the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) for the care of the person with spinal cord injury
We identified 446 terms considered relevant for nursing practice, of which 333 (74.7%) were contained terms and 113 (25.3%) were not contained in ICNP® Version 2015
Summary
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an incapacitating neurological syndrome with important physiological, emotional, social and economic repercussions. Nurses play an important role in this scenario by caring for people with SCI, performing actions of prevention of complications, recovery, health promotion and rehabilitation[2]. The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) is a standardized terminology with multiaxial structure that names, classifies and links phenomena describing the elements of professional practice (nursing diagnoses, outcomes and interventions). Using this classification helps the reasoning and clinical decision making, facilitates the systematic documentation of professional practice and promotes the communication between nursing professionals and those of other areas by bringing more visibility to the profession[3,4]
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