The document discusses the development of a webpage by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to support nursing terminology standards and interoperability aimed at enhancing nursing practice. It highlights the importance of encoding patient data and finding synonyms among nursing terminologies for effective documentation in electronic health records (EHRs). The project involved collaboration among various experts and was supported by an NLM associate fellowship.

1. Erin D. Foster, MSLS | National Library of Medicine (NLM) Associate Fellow | Oregon Health & Science University
Thank you to Susan L. Roy and Vivian A. Auld for all their work and
support as project sponsors. Thanks to Judith J. Warren and Susan
A. Matney for contributing their expertise and supporting this
project. Thank you to Steve Emrick for his support and input as
well as Emir Khatipov for his work to develop the video tutorial.
This research was supported in part by an appointment to the
NLM Associate Fellowship Program sponsored by the NLM and
administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Supporting Terminology Standards and Interoperability
in Nursing Practice
Provide information on nursing
terminologies and standards
Demonstrate how to find synonyms
between nursing terminologies
Link to relevant resources that
support nursing care documentation
Identify audience:
Nurses
Nursing students
Nursing informaticists
Systems developers
Develop content:
Include terminologies
mandated by legislation
and recognized by the
American Nurses
Association (ANA)
Produce video tutorial
about how to find
synonyms between
nursing terminologies
ANA-­‐Recognized Nursing Terminologies for Use in EHRs
Mockup of webpage design
Video tutorial
Shows how to find
concept-­‐level synonyms
using the UMLS
Metathesaurus Browser
Icon created by Maria de la Riva from Noun Project
Objectives
edfoster10@gmail.com
@erdifo
Icons created by Maria Maldona from Noun Project
Contact
Warren JJ, Matney SA, Foster ED,
Auld VA, Roy SL. Toward
Interoperability: A New Resource to
Support Nursing Terminology
Standards. Comput Inform Nurs.
2015; 33(12):515-­‐9.
PMID 26678815
Outcomes
To address the requirements of legislation as well as
respond to expressed stakeholder needs, the National
Library of Medicine (NLM) created a webpage with the
following objectives in mind:
The ability to share and encode patient data is a key
step toward the development and evolution of nursing
practice.
This webpage highlights valuable NLM resources and
contextualizes the need for interoperability between
nursing terminologies and those terminologies that
are legislatively mandated for use in electronic health
records (EHRs).
For more information about the webpage and its role in
supporting nursing practice, see the article (citation
below) published in the December 2015 issue of CIN:
Computers, Informatics, Nursing.
Webpage Development
Visit the webpage:
http://1.usa.gov/1T3SI6Q
Resources
Determine resources:
International and
national organizations
Relevant NLM webpages