What do you believe are the advantages and disadvantages of having a single shared consensus-driven model of terminology use? How can a single agreed model of terminology use (with linkages to a single terminology) help to integrate knowledge into routine clinical practice?

The nursing sector has developed a standard terminology that should be used to communicate all the nursing messages. This mode of communication has both advantages and disadvantages. The following are some of the advantages. First, having a common terminology can facilitate communication between nurses from different language backgrounds. For instance, nurses from India can communicate with the ones in China using a common terminology model, and this can be used to break the communication barrier between healthcare providers.

Another advantage is that it can make it easy for all medical professionals to determine the right medication for the patient. McGonigle and Mastrian (2017) argue that patient outcomes can be improved when every medical officer can read and understand his or her diagnosis and take action based on shared data. The last advantage of common terminology is that it can improve communication between nurses and other professionals, such as pharmacists.

On the other hand, the following are the disadvantages of common terminology in nursing. First, the model has brought confusion between nurses from different regions. Collins, Yen, Phillips and Kennedy (2017) argue that confusion has been experienced because not all nurses across the globe are often included when developing the terms. Another disadvantage is that it limits conversation between nurses on how best to help their patients. This form of communication is formal, but nurses connect more when they are in informal communication.

A single agreed model of terminology use can make it easy for nurses and other medical professionals to share health information, skills, or knowledge regardless of their practicum or language differences. Cummings et al. (2016) argue that a single agreed model of terminology can improve message transfer and sharing because it provides a common communication ground.