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The Need for Operational Definitions for Defining Characteristics
Authors:Joan S. Grant DSN  RN  CS   Marguerite R. Kinney DNSc  RN  FAAN
Affiliation:Dr. Grant is Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Introduction to Nursing Research, at the University of Alabama School of Nursing. She also teaches Adult Health in the undergraduate program. Her research program centers on validating nursing diagnoses prevalent in neuroscience patients and identifying research methods to validate nursing diagnoses.;Dr. Kinney is Professor and Coordinator, Cardiovascular Nursing, at the University of Alabama School of Nursing. Her research program focuses on validating nursing diagnoses unique to cardiovascular patients and identifying research methods to validate nursing diagnoses.
Abstract:Although much attention has focused on the validation of denning characteristics for nursing diagnoses, equal attention has not been devoted to the development of operational definitions for defining characteristics. Operational definitions, however, provide a reference for determining whether defining characteristics are present in patients who participate in clinical validation studies. Validation of nursing diagnoses emerges from occurrence of the diagnostic label in clinical practice. Operational definitions provide the bridge between incidental observation and scientific validation of nursing diagnoses.
Keywords:operational definitions    nursing diagnosis    validation studies
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