A<unk>  is a standardized statement about the health of a client (who can be an individual, a family, or a community) for the purpose of providing<unk>  care.<unk>  are developed based on data obtained during the<unk>  assessment.
The main organization for defining standard<unk>  in North America is the North American<unk>  Association, now known as NANDA-International. Other international associations are AENTDE (Spanish), AFEDI (French language) and ACENDIO (Europe).<unk>  are part of a movement in<unk>  to standardize the terminology involved. This includes standard descriptions of<unk> , interventions and outcomes. Nurses who support of standardized terminology believe that it will help<unk>  become more scientific and evidence-based. Other nurses feel that<unk>  are an ivory tower mentality and neither help in care planning nor in differentiating<unk>  from medicine.
Nursing diagnosis
Personality disorder classification
Paranoiac knowledge
Medical therapy template
Concussion diagnostic criteria
Risk factor template
Differential diagnosis
ICU scoring systems