Status Analysis of Nursing Assessment Terminology of Neurological Conditions and Its Cross-Mapping with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF).

Patients with nervous system disorders with an accurate nursing assessment can experience an improved prognosis and promotion of health. The lack of uniform terminology limits the accuracy of nursing in China. ICF constitutes a unified and standard language can help standardize nursing assessment terms. This study show that ICF is suitable for Chinese nursing practice by using ICF Clinical Checklist and ICF-linking-rules to map the nursing assessment terminology of neurological conditions with ICF.