Table 3.

Brazilian Activities Related to Standardized Terminologies

Year	Project	Focus
1990	NANDA	Introduction of NANDA nursing diagnoses into clinical practice
1995	Classification for Nursing Practice in Collective Care	Development of community health nursing terms for incorporation into ICNP
1996	Telenurse	Translation, field testing, and implementation of alpha version of ICNP into an electronic patient record
2000	HHCC	Translation and testing of HHCC in the Brazilian home care setting
2001	Standards-based Nursing Information Systems	PAHO-sponsored publication directed to promotion of data standards in nursing information and management in Latin America and the Caribbean

abbreviations: NANDA indicates North American Nursing Diagnosis Association; HHCC, Home Health Care Classification; PAHO, Pan American Health Organization.