Use of a Standardized and Coded Nursing Terminology to Enhance Nursing Visibility: Clinical Care Classification System

Standardized, coded nursing terminology is required in order to make use of information technologies efficiently, use computer-assisted maintenance care plans and include nursing in hospital information systems. Clinic Care Classification System which is accepted as nursing taxonomy by American Nursing Association in 1991 was prepard in order to record, code, classify, monitor and evaluate patient care at all care environments into electronic patient record system. Since Clinic Care Classification System was especially prepared for computer-assisted systems, it facilitates bedside electronic record and evaluation of nursing practices. Clinic Care Classification System was translated into Turkish and its applicability on elders living at nursing home was evaluated. It is thought that this system which was translated into Turkish and whose applicability was evaluated would facilitate integration nursing records into medical records and make important contributions in enabling nursing visibility.