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Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)

Measurement of Health Outcomes

  • 7th Edition - December 23, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Sue Moorhead, Elizabeth Swanson, Marion Johnson
  • Language: English

Enhance your care with the standardized measurement of nursing interventions! Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), 7th Edition standardizes the terminology and criteria needed to… Read more

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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 labels provide standardized terminology for individual, family, or community outcomes
  • Overview of the use of NOC within the nursing process introduces the importance of measuring outcomes of nursing care, and describes linkages with other classifications
  • Outcomes structured with a label name include code, definition, set of indicators with codes, five-point Likert measurement scales, publication facts lines, and selected references
  • Core outcomes are 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

Table of contents

PART ONE: Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
Overview and Use of Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)

PART TWO: NOC Taxonomy
Overview of the NOC Taxonomy

PART THREE: Outcomes
Outcomes

PART FOUR: NOC Performance Outcomes Related to NOC Knowledge Outcomes
NOC Performance Outcomes Related to NOC Knowledge Outcomes

PART FIVE: Core Outcomes for Nursing Specialties
Core Outcomes for Nursing Specialties

PART SIX: Appendices

Appendix
A: Outcomes: New, Revised, Reviewed, and Retired Since the Sixth Edition
B: Previous Editions and Translations
C: Breakdown of Outcomes for Each Measurement Scale in NOC
D: Timeline & Highlights of the Nursing Outcomes Classification
E: Guidelines for Submission of a New or Revised Outcome

Product details

  • Edition: 7
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 7, 2023
  • 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