NANDA-I Diagnosis Submission Guidelines

NANDA-I Diagnosis Submission: Protocol for Submission or Revisions of Diagnoses to NANDA-I

Proposed diagnoses and revisions of diagnoses undergo systematic review to determine consistency with the established criteria for a nursing diagnosis. All submissions are subsequently staged according to evidence supporting either the level of development or validation.

Diagnoses may be submitted at various levels of development (e.g., label and definition; label, definition, defining characteristics or risk factors, and related factors). All submissions must include supporting references. Indicate if no nursing literature is available. Related research from other disciplines is also appropriate to include. Articles used for the submission are to be catalogued in the reference section of the submission form.

NANDA-l Guidelines for Nursing Diagnosis Submission are available on this Web site (www.nanda.org) and the NLINKS Web site (www.nlinks.org; click on "diagnostic review"). Diagnoses may be submitted electronically using the form available on the NANDA-I Web site. Submissions not submitted electronically should be sent as an e-mail attachment to info@nanda.org, using the format provided on the NANDA-I Web site.

On receipt, the diagnosis will be assigned to a primary reviewer from the Diagnosis Development Committee (DDC). This person will work with the submitter as the DDC reviews the submission. At this point, the submission will also be identified on the NANDA-I Web site as a submission in review.

Full Review Process

New diagnoses go through a full review process, which includes the following steps

1. Posting on the NANDA-I Web site
    
2. Review of submission by the primary reviewer
    
3. Primary reviewer works with submitter to address changes that need to be made
    
4. Submission is forwarded to full DDC for review.
    
5. DDC recommends one of the following:
   a. Approve with no recommendations
   b. Approve pending follow-through with recommendations (most frequent DDC decision)
   c. Disapprove
    
6. The primary reviewer forwards the DDC recommendations to the submitter and works with the submitter to make the recommended changes.
    
7. Submissions approved by the DDC are presented and discussed at the biennial conference in order to invite extended member input. Recommendations from the forums are reviewed with the submitter and by the DDC.
    
8. The submission is then forwarded to the NANDA International Board of Directors for final approval. Diagnoses accepted at the 2.1 level of development will be incorporated into both the NANDA-I Taxonomy II and the NNN Taxonomy of Nursing Practice, and published in the next edition of NANDA-I Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions & Classification.