Nursing Outcomes Classification

Enhance your care with the standardized measurement of nursing interventions! Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), 7th Edition standardizes the terminology and criteria needed to measure and evaluate outcomes in all care settings and with all patient populations. A total of 612 research-based nursing outcome labels — including 82 that are NEW to this edition — provide clinically useful language to help you deliver treatment and document outcomes. Specific indicators are included to make it easier to evaluate and rate the patient in relation to outcome achievement. Written by an expert team of authors led by Sue Moorhead, this book is also ideal for healthcare administrators seeking to improve billing, recordkeeping, and cost containment.

Key Features

• 612 research-based nursing outcome labelsprovide standardized terminology for individual, family, or community outcomes.
• Overview of the use of NOC within the nursing processintroduces the importance of measuring outcomes of nursing care, and describes linkages with other classifications.
• Outcomes structured with a label nameinclude code, definition, set of indicators with codes, five-point Likert measurement scales, publication facts lines, and selected references.
• Core outcomesare provided for an expanded list of nursing specialties.
• Linkages between NOC knowledge-focused outcomes and NOC behavioral outcomes focused on the concept or condition are examined.
  
  

New to This Edition

• NEW! 82 new outcomesare added to the Classification, allowing you to better define patient outcomes that are responsive to nursing care.
• NEW! 402 existing outcomesare reviewed or revised based on research-based outcomes.
• NEW! A new section focused on resourcessupports research, implementation, and educational strategies.
• NEW! Revised taxonomic structureincludes two new classes and expanded family and community outcomes.