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To submit a NEW diagnosis for consideration by the DDC, follow these steps:
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Obtain the most recent edition of NANDA-I Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification and review related diagnoses in the book. Refer to the NANDA-I Diagnosis Submission Guidelines on this Web site (www.nanda.org) and the NLINKS Web site (www.nlinks.org; click on "diagnostic review"). Follow the guidelines on the Web in case they have been updated since publication of the most recent edition
of the NANDA-I book.
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Contact Leann Scroggins (scroggins.leann@mayo.edu), Chair of the DDC, for more specific instructions, guidelines regarding format, criteria
for assigning level of evidence, and protocol for submission.
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Review "Glossary of Terms" in the most recent edition of NANDA-I Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification.
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Decide whether your diagnosis is an actual diagnosis, risk diagnosis, wellness diagnosis or health-promotion diagnosis.
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Provide a label for the diagnosis.
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Provide a definition for the diagnosis that is supported by references. Identify the references.
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Identify the defining characteristics or risk factors for the diagnosis. Actual diagnoses, wellness diagnoses and health promotion diagnoses have defining characteristics; risk
diagnoses have risk factors. To facilitate coding, each defining characteristic and risk factor must contain a single concept rather than multiple concepts. For example, rather than listing "nausea &
vomiting" as a single defining characteristic or risk factor, each one needs to be listed separately. References (articles, not books) to back up each defining characteristic or risk factor are required and
must be identified. The references should be research-based, if possible. If no research-based references or nursing references are available, indicate this in your submission.
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Identify related factors for actual diagnoses. To facilitate coding, related factors must be single concepts, not multiple concepts. Risk diagnoses, wellness diagnoses and health
promotion diagnoses do not have related factors. References are required for each related factor and must be identified.
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Develop a bibliography, including all the articles referenced. Number the references and link the reference to the component(s) of your submission the reference supports. In addition,
boldface or place an asterisk by the three key references you want to be included in the next edition of NANDA-I Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification when your submission is accepted.
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Provide examples of appropriate nursing interventions (may be NIC or other nursing interventions) and nursing outcomes (may be NOC or other nursing outcomes) for the diagnosis.
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Use the electronic submission process available on the NANDA-I Web site or e-mail your submission to info@nanda.org
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You will be notified when your work has been received and will be given an estimate of the time it will take before you can expect to receive a response from the DDC. Most submissions
need some additional work for refinement. You will be assigned a mentor from the DDC to assist you through the process.
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