History & Historical Highlights 1973 Through 1998

1973 - 1986

1987 - 1998

1973

Kristine Gebbie and Mary Ann Lavin call the First Task Force to Name and Classify Nursing Diagnoses. Members plan to meet biannually in St. Louis, MO.

1973-1982

Dr. Marjory Gordon serves as chairperson of the Task Force of the National Conference Group on the Classification of Nursing Diagnoses.

1973

Clearinghouse for Nursing Diagnoses - established at St. Louis University. Served as a depository for materials on nursing diagnosis and National Conference Group on the classification of Nursing Diagnoses. The clearing house published a newsletter, maintained a speakers bureau, coordinated plans for national conferences and distributed bibliographies on each diagnostic category developed.

1974

First Conference Proceedings edited by Gebbie and Lavin were published. Conference Proceedings have been published following each biannual conference since that time. Editors have included Derry Moritz, Mi Ja Kim, Gertrude McFarland, Audrey McLane and Rosemary Carroll Johnson.

1977

Work of nurse theorist group began; group facilitated by Sister Callista Roy. The group presented papers at the 1978 and 1980 meetings. In 1982, Dr. Callista Roy and other prominent theorists (e.g. Margaret Newman, Martha Rogers, Dorothea Orem and Imogene King) presented an organizing framework for nursing diagnoses called Patterns of Unitary Man (Humans) to the NANDA and the Taxonomy Committee.

1986

The National Invitational Minimal Data Set Conference held Nursing Diagnoses included as elements in minimal data set.

1986

Formal guidelines for review and inclusion of Nursing Diagnoses in Taxonomy I established. Linda Carpenito served as chairperson of the Diagnostic Review Committee (DRC).

1982

North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) created incorporating National Task Force members from the United States and Canada.

1982

Dr. Marjory Gordon elected as first president of NANDA. Dr. Gordon was re-elected in 1986 and served until 1988.

1982

American Nurses Association (ANA) establishes a steering committee on the classification of Nursing Practice Phenomena. The president of NANDA was a committee member.

1986

ANA forwards NANDA´s diagnostic classification to the World Health Organization for possible inclusion as a chapter in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).