Nursing Outcomes Classification

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The Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) is a classification system which describes patient outcomes sensitive to nursing intervention. The NOC is a system to evaluate the effects of nursing care as a part of health care. The NOC containes 190 outcomes, and each with a label, a definition, and a set of indicators and measures to determine achievement of the nursing outcome.

[edit] See also

• Nursing care plan
• Nursing diagnosis
• Nursing practice
• Nursing process
• Nursing Interventions Classification
• Diagnosis-related group

[edit] References

• Donahue, M.P. & Brighton, V., Nursing outcome classification: Development and implementation, Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 1998, 12(5).
• S. Moorhead, M. Johnson, M. Maas, E. Swanson, Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), Elsevier, Fourth Edition, 936 pages, 2007, ISBN-10: 0-323-05408-0

[edit] External links

• Nursing Outcomes Classification (U. Iowa)