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Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)

Measurement of Health Outcomes

  • 6th Edition - November 27, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Sue Moorhead, Elizabeth Swanson, Marion Johnson, Meridean L. Maas
  • Language: English

Promoting safe and effective nursing care, Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), 6th Edition standardizes the terminology and criteria needed to measure and evaluate outcomes… Read more

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Promoting safe and effective nursing care, Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), 6th Edition standardizes the terminology and criteria needed to measure and evaluate outcomes that result from nursing interventions. Over 540 research-based nursing outcome labels — including50 that are NEW to this edition — help to standardize expected patient outcomes. Specific indicators make it easier to evaluate and rate the patient in relation to outcome achievement. Written by an expert author team led by Sue Moorhead, this book is ideal for practicing nurses, students, educators, researchers, and administrators seeking to improve cost containment and patient outcomes.

Key features

  • 540 research-based nursing outcome labels promote standardization of expected patient outcomes
  • Definitions, lists of indicators, publication facts lines, and references provide all of the information you need to understand outcomes

Table of contents

Part I: Overview and Use of Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) in Education, Practice and Research

1. The Current Classification of Outcomes

2. Using NOC

Part II: NOC Taxonomy
Overview of the NOC Taxonomy

Part III: The Outcomes

Part IV: NOC Linkages
NOC Knowledge Outcomes Linked to Related Behavior Outcomes
NOC and NIC Linkage to Clinical Conditions

Part V: Core NOC Outcomes
Core Outcomes for Nursing Specialties

Part VI: Appendixes

Appendix
A: Outcomes: New, Revised and Retired Since the Fifth Edition
B: Previous Editions and Translations
C: Selected Terms and Definitions
D: Outcomes by Scale
E: Guidelines for Submission of a New or Revised Outcome
F: NANDA-I Diagnoses Definitions

Product details

  • Edition: 6
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 29, 2018
  • Language: English

About the authors

SM

Sue Moorhead

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

ES

Elizabeth Swanson

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

MJ

Marion Johnson

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

MM

Meridean L. Maas

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA