What are the 12 languages for nursing?

noahsmama · Sep 26, 2011

Just did a bit of googling on this. They're not talking about "languages" such as English, Spanish, etc. What they're talking about is standardized language to be used by nurses, such as the NANDA nursing diagnoses, and other systems for classifying things that nurses do. The first link below lists 12 "languages" recognized by the ANA as of 2003 (on p. 2, in a box on left side of page). The second link, published later, recognizes 13 languages. I don't see the 13 listed in any obvious place in the article, but my eyes were glazing over just skimming it. I've never liked the NANDA nursing diagnoses, and I suspect the other systems are all equally silly, but I guess that's just my bias.

Hope that helps!

http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/documents/pdf/publications/NN_IntlClassNrgPract_e.pdf

http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/vol132008/No1Jan08/ArticlePreviousTopic/StandardizedNursingLanguage.aspx

Zaptastic · Sep 26, 2011

Thank you so much. That is *exactly* what I was looking for.

sherrilwalker · Feb 19, 2013

Well, as a OLDER career change nursing student (previous legal background), I'm glad to see the comments about the nursing diagnoses, because, frankly, by the time we get out of nursing school, we're going to be crazy trying to deal with the terms of nursing diagnoses....especially harder for someone who's read thousands of pages of charts/nursing notes since the late 1970s. I have a basic understanding of why nursing diagnoses are needed; however, I'd like to see the whole thing revamped before it's totally and uncontrollably out of hand...which, unfortunately, it may already be. Thanks for a great post and I'm enjoying the allnurses.com site!