Committees & Task Forces

Overview

Committees and task forces provide the governance and strategic oversight that sustain INKA’s (formerly NANDA® International) assessment-driven, diagnosis-centered nursing knowledge development.

Standing committees support ongoing governance, classification refinement, research integrity, education, informatics alignment, and membership engagement. Task forces address focused, time-bound priorities aligned with INKA’s mission and emerging global healthcare needs.

Together, these groups ensure that INKA’s classifications and clinical reasoning framework remain evidence-based, globally relevant, and responsibly implemented.

Purpose

INKA’s committees and task forces:

Safeguard the integrity of assessment-driven, diagnosis-centered classification development
Strengthen evidence standards for nursing knowledge
Guide alignment across education, research, informatics, and policy
Support transparent governance and leadership continuity
Address emerging health priorities affecting nursing practice

This structure balances stable oversight with focused expertise.

Core Responsibilities

Across committees and task forces, responsibilities may include:

Reviewing and refining diagnoses, goals, outcomes, and nursing actions
Establishing standards for evidence review and taxonomy approval
Supporting digital implementation and interoperability
Advancing research methodology and evidence levels
Strengthening global partnerships and membership engagement
Maintaining bylaws, nominations, and governance processes

Each committee operates within defined governance parameters and reports through Board-established processes.

Working Groups and Task Forces

INKA convenes time-limited task forces and working groups to address strategic priorities requiring specialized expertise.

Current initiatives include:

Climate Change Task Force
NANDA 360 Task Force
Research Working Groups (Levels of Evidence, Nursing Actions Review, Research Standards)
Classification Development–aligned task forces

Task forces operate under defined deliverables and timelines.

Committees and Task Forces

Standing Committees

Bylaws Committee
Classification Development Committee
Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Education Committee
Informatics Committee
Membership & External Relations Committee
Nominations Committee
Research Committee

Task Forces

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