PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mazalová, Lenka AU - Marečková, Jana TI - TYPES OF VALIDITY IN NANDA INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH DP - 2012 Oct 1 TA - Profese Online PG - 11--15 VI - 5 IP - 2 AID - 10.5507/pol.2012.011 IS - 18034330 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.