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 the
nursing process. The NOC contains 330 outcomes, and each with a label, a definition, and a set of indicators and measures to determine achievement of the nursing outcome and are included The terminology is an
American Nurses' Association-recognized terminology, is included in the
UMLS, and is
HL7 registered.[1][2]
With the development of advanced nursing practice and the need to demonstrate effectiveness in patient care, academics and advanced practitioners have started researching and identifying nursing-sensitive outcome.[3][4][5][6] These are defined as defined as an individual's, family or community state, behaviour or perception that is measured along a continuum in response to nursing intervention.[7] Nursing sensitive outcomes have been identifying in rheumatology nursing,[8] paediatric nursing[9] and in intensive care.[10][11]
^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,
ISBN0-323-05408-0
^Doran, Diane M.; Harrison, Margaret B.; Laschinger, Heather S.; Hirdes, John P.; Rukholm, Ellen; Sidani, Souraya; Hall, Linda McGillis; Tourangeau, Ann E. (March 2006). "Nursing-sensitive outcomes data collection in acute care and long-term-care settings". Nursing Research. 55 (2 Suppl): S75–81.
doi:
10.1097/00006199-200603001-00012.
ISSN0029-6562.
PMID16601638.
S2CID44681188.