NANDA International

In 1973 Kristine M. Gebbie and Mary Ann Lavin convened the First National Conference on Nursing Diagnoses, which led to the establishment of the Task Force of the National Conference Group on the Classification of Nursing Diagnoses, later known as North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) and then NANDA International (NANDA). Boston College faculty member Marjory Gordon chaired the Task Force and served in that role until she became the first elected president of NANDA in 1982.

The Task Force managed a biennial conference supported by the Clearinghouse for Nursing Diagnoses at St. Louis University. The Clearinghouse published the Nursing Diagnosis newsletter, coordinated conference planning, and served as a depository and distribution center for bibliographies in each diagnostic category. Through conference work, the Task Force developed a controlled vocabulary and taxonomy of diagnoses approved by a vote of attendees. The conferences also provided a platform for sharing nursing diagnosis scholarship. The Task Force published conference proceedings beginning from the first conference (1974). The approved diagnoses from each conference were released as alphabetical listings within the conference proceedings.

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