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Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)

  • 5th Edition - October 2, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Gloria M. Bulechek, Howard K. Butcher, Joanne M. Dochterman
  • Language: English

This research-based clinical tool standardizes and defines the knowledge base for nursing curricula and practice, communicates the nature of nursing, and facilitates the… Read more

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Description

This research-based clinical tool standardizes and defines the knowledge base for nursing curricula and practice, communicates the nature of nursing, and facilitates the appropriate selection of nursing interventions for nurses, including practicing nurses, nursing students, nursing administrators, and faculty.

Key features

  • Includes 542 research-based nursing intervention labels with specific activities.
  • Presents a definition, a list of activities, a publication facts line, and references for each intervention.

Table of contents

PART ONE Construction and Use of the Classification

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)

Chapter 2 Development, Testing, and Implementation of NIC: 1987-2006

Chapter 3 Use of NIC

PART TWO Taxonomy of Nursing Interventions

PART THREE The Classification

PART FOUR Core Interventions for Nursing Specialty Areas

PART FIVE Estimated Time and Education Level Necessary to Perform NIC Interventions

PART SIX Appendixes

A. Interventions: New, Revised, and Retired Since the Fourth Edition

B. Guidelines for Submission of a New or Revised Intervention

C. Timeline and Highlights

D. Call for Peer Reviewers

E. Selected Publications

F. Abbreviations

Product details

  • Edition: 5
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 2, 2007
  • Language: English

About the authors

GB

Gloria M. Bulechek

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita,The University of Iowa College of Nursing Iowa City, Iowa

HB

Howard K. Butcher

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Director of the PhD Program, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida, USA

JD

Joanne M. Dochterman

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita The University of Iowa College of Nursing Iowa City, Iowa