
118 | CHAPTER 7 Developing Standardized Terminologies to Support Nursing Practice
One of the main purposes cited by ISO 18104:2003 is to facilitate the system-
atic evaluation and refinement of existing terminologies, discovering anomalies
within nursing terminologies through noncompliant decompositions. Another
purpose is to support the generation, in regular form, of composite nursing state-
ments, ensuring consistency in emerging terminologies. It is hoped that the stan-
dard will facilitate the harmonization or convergence of standardized nursing
terminologies across the world.
USING NURSING TERMINOLOGIES
The discussion thus far has focused predominantly ...