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MYRA [4 records]

Record 1 2009-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

[Diagnosis] derived from the nursing assessment that establish a health status profile for the patient and from which nursing interventions may be ordered.

OBS

Diagnosis: The determination of the nature of a disease or condition or the distinguishing of one disease or condition from another. Assessment may be made through physical examination, laboratory tests, or the like, and may be assisted by computerized programs designed to enhance the decision-making process.

CONT

Myra Levine confronted the difficulties that nurses had in accepting and using the term nursing diagnosis by proposing a new nursing term that described the scientific approach to planning and providing nursing care. The word proposed was trophicognosis. Its derivation is from the Greek words trophikos techne, which mean the "art of nursing" and the suffix-gnosis, which signifies "the knowledge of".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
CONT

Depuis sa fondation, l'ANADIM [l'Association nord-américaine du diagnostic infirmier, section Montréal] a contribué au développement et à la traduction de la classification de diagnostics infirmiers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
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Record 2 2008-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
  • Historical Park and Site Names
OBS

A national historic site in Myra, British Columbia, managed by Parks Canada.

OBS

On January 12, 2001, the words "of Canada" were added to the names of national parks, national park reserves and national historic sites. The addition should be systematically used on cover pages, in titles, headings and at the beginning of documents. In the body of a text, it is appropriate stylistically to omit the words "of Canada."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
  • Noms de parcs, lieux et canaux historiques
OBS

Lieu historique national géré par Parcs Canada et situé à Myra en Colombie-Britannique.

OBS

Depuis le 12 janvier 2001, il faut désigner les noms des parcs nationaux, des réserves de parc national et des lieux historiques avec les éléments «du Canada». Cette forme doit paraître sur la couverture, la page de titre et les pages initiales de présentation de documents. Par la suite, on peut omettre les éléments «du Canada».

OBS

Dans un texte suivi, l'utilisation de la minuscule au générique est de rigueur; dans une liste, sur une carte géographique ou un panneau de signalisation, le générique porte la majuscule.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

Agreement in commercial bank negotiations which allowed for restructuring over a period of years rather than annually, to reduce the burden imposed by annual restructurings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
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