Terms of international classification for Nursing Practice in motor and physical rehabilitation^*

Términos de la Clasificación Internacional para la Práctica de Enfermería en Rehabilitación físico-motora

OBJECTIVE

To validate terms of nursing language especially for physical-motor rehabilitation and map them to the terms of ICNP^® 2.0.

METHOD

A methodology research based on document analysis, with collection and analysis of terms from 1,425 records.

RESULTS

825 terms were obtained after the methodological procedure, of which 226 had still not been included in the ICNP^® 2.0. These terms were distributed as follows: 47 on the Focus axis; 15 on the Judgment axis; 31 on the Action axis; 25 on the Location axis; 102 on the Means axis; three on the Time axis; and three on the Client axis. All non-constant terms in ICNP^® have been validated by experts, having reached an agreement index ≥0.80.

CONCLUSION

The ICNP^® is applicable and used in nursing care for physical-motor rehabilitation.

Rehabilitation Nursing; Terminology; Classification; Validation Studies.