The 2012 2014 edition contains revised chapters on nanda i taxonomy and slotting of diagnoses into nanda nnn taxonomies diagnostic reasoning conceptual clarity and submission of new revised diagnoses new chapters are provided on the use of nursing diagnoses in education clinical practice electronic health records nursing health care administration and research a companion . Nursing diagnoses definitions and classification is the definitive guide to nursing diagnoses as reviewed and approved by nanda i each nursing diagnosis undergoes a rigorous assessment process by nanda is diagnosis development committee with stringent criteria used to indicate the strength of the underlying level of evidence. Definitions and classification fully updated and revised by authors t heather herdman phd rn fni and shigemi kamitsuru phd rn fni nanda international nursing diagnoses definitions and classification 2018 2020 eleventh edition is the definitive guide to nursing diagnoses as reviewed and approved by nanda international nanda i in this new edition of a seminal text the authors . Nursing diagnoses definitions and classification is the definitive guide to nursing diagnoses as reviewed and approved by nanda i each nursing diagnosis undergoes a rigorous assessment process by nanda is diagnosis development committee with stringent criteria used to indicate the strength of the underlying level of evidence each diagnosis comprises a label or name for the diagnosis a definition defining characteristics risk factors and or related factors many diagnoses are further