Nursing diagnosis: Language antithetical to nursing's ontology
Marie Casey
Faculty of Nursing, Griffith University, QLD
Joyce Hendricks-Thomas
Faculty of Nursing and Health Care, Griffith University, QLD
PP: 107 - 112
Abstract
The term nursing diagnosis is constructed in male, medical language. As such, it is proposed that it has no legitimacy in nursing discourse as it is antithetical to notions claimed foremost in nursing's ontology. It is also posited that the term 'nursing diagnosis', whilst reinforcing biomedicine, has little or no meaning to many nurses, is not understood by patients and has no justifiable place in health care discourse.
Keywords
nursing diagnosis, nursing discourse, nursing process, care, holism, oppression
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