ABSTRACT
Objective:
to reflect on the equivalence between the concepts of the International Classification for Nursing Practice and the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine International - Clinical Terms.
Method:
theoretical reflection based on the analysis of equivalence between the concepts of diagnoses, results and nursing interventions of the International Classification for Nursing Practice and the hierarchy of the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine International - Clinical Terms. The researchers' experience and articles on the subject provided support for analysis.
Results:
nursing diagnoses and results of the International Classification for Nursing Practice are present in the hierarchies "clinical finding", "disorder" and "problem situation", while the interventions are included in the hierarchies "procedure" and "regime/therapy". The main causes of non-equivalence are linked to the problems of the specificity of the concept. Cross-mapping will require analysis by nursing specialists to improve the representativeness of the concepts. The equivalence table must be translated into Brazilian Portuguese, but the entire Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine International - Clinical Terms lacks interdisciplinary work.
Conclusion:
the representation of the International Classification for Nursing Practice in systematized Nomenclature of Medicine International - Clinical Terms will bring benefits related to the clarity of concepts. The concepts of nursing classification that are not equivalent will require conceptual analysis. The lack of translation of the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine International - Clinical Terms for the Portuguese language will reflect the development of terminological subsets of the International Classification for Nursing Practice.
DESCRITORS:
Standardized terminology in nursing; International Nursing Council; Classification; Nursing diagnosis; Controlled vocabulary