PT Journal AU Mazalova, L Mareckova, J TI TYPES OF VALIDITY IN NANDA INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SO Profese Online PY 2012 BP 11 EP 15 VL 5 IS 2 DI 10.5507/pol.2012.011 DE validity; validation; nursing diagnosis; NANDA International AB The article aims to give information about types of validity and validation studies of diagnostic NANDA International, emphasize their importance for the development of nursing science and point out the researchers who deal with this issue. The authors suppose that validity is an essential component of research and has a significant impact on the credibility of the research diagnostic concepts of NANDA International. Authors claim that in order to strengthen the scientific validation of NANDA International diagnostics, the priority will be to implement studies using the construct validity. ER