Catarina Nahlén Bose

1 Introduction While the importance of participation in healthcare is widely accepted, a universally accepted definition of participation is missing [1, 2]. Instead, context- and/or situation-based definitions are used [3]. Occasionally, participation is referred to as someone's attendance or involvement in something. It may also be related to preferences, activity competences and sense of self [1] or defined broadly as involvement in a life situation [4, 5].

Background The lack of a standardised nursing taxonomy to clarify nurses’ assessments and other elements of the nursing process can potentially lead to a lack of care continuity and patient safety. The taxonomy published by NANDA International (NANDA-I) has been shown to improve the quality of mental health nurses’ documentation and clinical care.