American Nurse Coding System: A Case Study

Standardized Coding System The American Nurses Association (2008) suggests the use of 13 languages that nurses should to communicate thoughts, ideas, and care plans. Nurses work in ever specialty and are require interacting with each other and other specialties to benefit their patients. Recently my hospital has created the usage of an electronic interdisciplinary care plan (eIPOC). The eIPOC utilizes Nursing Diagnosis from NANDA International language to discuss patient problems and interventions being used to solve problems. This primary language allows nurses from the bedside to case managers to communicate patient progress. By having an established language, we all communicate within the same language making communication easy and efficient. Herdman et al. (2011) states that the NANDA International next editions will have significant additions for the usage by administrators, educators,
The ability of nurses to teach their method, control, and finance their training is imperative for the growth of the profession. Nurses need to be able to describe clearly what it is that they do so that they can be compensated appropriately for the care that they give. I am a fan of the idea that is supported by the current nursing pioneer, Laura Gasparis that suggest nurses like physicians should be incorporated into practice with each other. For example as a Cardiac Surgery ICU nurse I would find other cardiac surgery ICU nurses who were skilled and competent to care for complex patients then go to hospitals and say “Hey you need experienced cardiac surgery nurses well I have ten ready to go if you want them to work for you then pay them x amount of dollars and negotiate benefits.” This empowers nurses and expands the field of