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Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC),

Edition 6 Measurement of Health Outcomes

Editors: By Sue Moorhead, RN, PhD, FAAN, Elizabeth Swanson, RN, PhD, Marion Johnson, RN, PhD and Meridean L. Maas, PhD, RN, FAAN

Publication Date: 29 Jan 2018

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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.

New Features

NEW! Approximately 50 new outcome labels allow you to better define patient outcomes that are responsive to nursing care.

About the author

By Sue Moorhead, RN, PhD, FAAN, Professor Emerita, The University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City, Iowa; Elizabeth Swanson, RN, PhD, Professor Emerita, The University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City, Iowa; Marion Johnson, RN, PhD, Professor Emerita, The University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City, Iowa and Meridean L. Maas, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeritus, College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Front Matter

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

ISBN: 9780323497640

Page Count: 696

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