Standardized Language In Nursing

Contribution of the Standardized Language to the Practice and Development of Nursing The Standardized Language of the nursing practice (SNL) is an effective communication process that delimits professional nursing practice (Rutherford, 2008). The standardized language made contributions for the current care to another nurses, health care providers, and others members of the multidisciplinary health care team (Rutherford, 2008). This language was standardized with a purpose of the nursing documentation to straight the nursing care (Rutherford, 2008). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) (2008), has been accepted thirteen standardized languages that support nursing practice. The contributions of the SNL are better communication
In 1893, physicians realized the importance and the value of the standardized language (Rutherford, 2008). This recognition increase when the physician realizes how the standardization improved the communication between health care professionals (Rutherford, 2008). With the beginning of the standardization system, medical diagnosis developed many classification and codification diseases to have evidence in the medical practice (Rutherford, 2008). An example of this classification system is DMS-IV for mental disorders diagnosis (Rutherford, 2008). This standardization helps the multidisciplinary team understand the patient’s diagnosis (Rutherford, 2008). In 1973, The American Nurse Association introduce the standardized language and for the years to come has been developed different nursing communication systems as Nursing Interventions (NIC), Nursing Outcomes (NOC). The use of standardized nursing languages enhance communication care not only nationally, but internationally (Rutherford, 2008). This is very important because the help and the care will be the same at any place in the world. This help every nurse to know what an effective care
When this standardized language was aggregated as computerize system, patient care was uncovered and best nursing practices care was visible to others to appreciate the value of the nursing care (Redman, 1999). The SNL have linkages with others nursing languages (NANDA) and has been translated into many foreign languages to communicate nurses from all over the world to improve the care (Redman, 1999). But the special of the Standardized Nursing Languages is that has shown the value of nursing to others, increased the visibility of the nursing interventions, improved the patient care, and simplified assessment of nursing competency (Redman,