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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Nurs Stud. 2013 Dec 18;51(8):1160–1170. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.12.004

Table 2.

Search Terms Used to Identify Articles for the Study

Terminology Database
Pubmed CINAHL EMBASE
NANDA-I MeSH Term: Nursing diagnosis and NANDA: and Journal Article CINAHL Heading
Major concept “NANDA nursing diagnoses”
and
Advanced search
Research+Journal article
Emtre “NANDA and “nursing diagnosis”
and
Article
NOC Text Term: “nursing outcomes classification”:
and
Journal Article
CINAHL Heading
Major concept “Iowa
Nursing Outcomes
Classification”
 And
Advanced search
Research+Journal article:
Emtre “nursing outcomes classification”
 and
Article
NIC Text Term: “nursing interventions classification”
And
Journal Article
CINAHL Heading
Major concept “Iowa
Nursing Interventions
Classification”
  and
Advanced search
Research+Journal article
Emtre “nursing interventions classification”

and
Article
ICNP All field
Mesh ‘nursing diagnosis’:
and
Journal Article
CINAHL Heading
Major concept “International Classification for Nursing Practice”
 And
Advanced search
Research+Journal article
Emtre “International
Classification for
Nursing Practice”
 and
Article
OMAHA system Text Term
Mesh ‘nursing diagnosis’:
and
Journal Article
CINAHL Heading
Major concept “OMAHA system”
and
Advanced search
Research+Journal article
Emtre “OMAHA system ”
And
Article
CCC Text Term:
Mesh ‘nursing diagnosis’, and
Journal Article
CINAHL Heading
Major concept “Saba
Clinical Care
Classification”
 and
Advanced search
Research+Journal article
Search; “Clinical Care
Classification ”

And
Article
HHCC (became CCC in 2003) Text Term
Mesh ‘nursing diagnosis’:
And
Journal Article
CINAHL Heading: 0
Search; “HHCC” and
Advanced search
Research+Journal article
Emtre “HHCC”
and
Article
PNDS All field
Mesh ‘nursing diagnosis’ and
Journal Article
Search; “Perioperative
Nursing Data Set” and
Advanced search
Research+Journal article
Search; “PNDS and
Article