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The effect of a standardized nursing language education program on documentation practices among pediatric nurses.
| Τίτλος: | The effect of a standardized nursing language education program on documentation practices among pediatric nurses. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Loutfy A; Department of Nursing, College of Dentistry and Health Sciences, Fujairah University, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates; Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef City, Egypt. Electronic address: ahmed.loutfy@nursing.bsu.edu.eg., Elzeiny A; Department of Nursing, College of Dentistry and Health Sciences, Fujairah University, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: amina.elzeiny@uof.ac.ae., Mohamed MA; Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. Electronic address: maieltohamy@mans.edu.eg., Ahmed AST; Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef City, Egypt. Electronic address: afafsayed@nursing.bsu.edu.eg., Ibrahim RK; Nursing Department, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Madinat Zayed, Al Dhafra Region, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: Rasha.Ibrahim@actvet.gov.ae., Shahin MAH; Nursing Department, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia., Hassan YEF; Fujairah Hospital, Emirates Health Services, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: yasmin.hassan@ehs.gov.ae., Mohamed FSA; Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef City, Egypt. Electronic address: fatmasayed@nursing.bsu.edu.eg. |
| Πηγή: | Journal of pediatric nursing [J Pediatr Nurs] 2026 Sep-Oct; Vol. 90, pp. 455-467. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jul 13. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: W.B. Saunders Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8607529 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-8449 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08825963 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Pediatr Nurs Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 1989- : Philadelphia, Pa : W.B. Saunders Original Publication: [Orlando, FL] : Grune & Stratton, [c1986- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Pediatric Nursing*/education , Documentation*/standards , Nursing Records*/standards , Nurses, Pediatric*/education , Education, Nursing, Continuing*/organization & administration , Standardized Nursing Terminology*, Humans ; Female ; Egypt ; Male ; Nursing Diagnosis ; Quality Improvement ; Program Evaluation |
| Περίληψη: | Background: Inconsistencies in pediatric nursing documentation compromise patient safety and limit the profession's ability to demonstrate its clinical contributions. Standardized nursing language (SNL), encompassing NANDA International (NANDA-I) nursing diagnoses, Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), provides a structured framework to improve documentation quality. However, inadequate nurse education in SNL remains a significant barrier to its effective implementation, particularly in pediatric care settings. Purpose: This study examined the effect of a structured SNL education program on the quality of nursing documentation among pediatric nurses in Beni-Suef City, Egypt. Methods: A quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test control group design was employed. A purposive sample of 104 pediatric nurses (experimental: n = 52; control: n = 52) was recruited from three inpatient pediatric units. Documentation quality was assessed using two validated instruments: the Quality of Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes (Q-DIO) tool and the D-Catch instrument. The experimental group received an 11-session SNL education program; the control group continued routine practice. Results: The SNL education program produced statistically significant improvements across all documentation domains in the experimental group (p < .001). Post-intervention, the experimental group's mean Total Q-DIO score increased from 2.95 to 10.67 and the D-Catch score from 1.83 to 3.59, substantially exceeding the control group's gains (3.94 and 2.14, respectively). Sociodemographic variables did not significantly predict documentation quality. Conclusions: An SNL education program significantly enhances pediatric nursing documentation quality. Targeted SNL training is recommended as a priority professional development strategy in pediatric care settings. Implications to Practice: Structured SNL education should be embedded as a priority, competency-based element of pediatric nursing professional development and curricula, with NANDA-I, NIC, and NOC integrated into standardized documentation templates and electronic health records to strengthen diagnostic reasoning, care continuity, and nursing's visibility within pediatric care settings. (Copyright © 2026 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Documentation; Education; Nursing; Nursing diagnosis; Nursing process; Pediatric nursing; Quality improvement |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260713 Date Completed: 20260907 Latest Revision: 20260907 |
| Update Code: | 20260908 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pedn.2026.07.004 |
| PMID: | 42442162 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1532-8449 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pedn.2026.07.004 |