Nursing Outcomes Classification (noc) (p)

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Reviewer: Carole Ann Kenner, PhD, MSN, BSN(Northeastern University Bouve College of Health Sciences)
Description: The editors of this book describe a systematic classification system for nursing outcomes. Each outcome is described by definition, label, a set of indicators, a measurement scale, and appropriate references.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a classification system for nursing outcomes. This classification system allows nursing to quantify what nurses do and how well they do it (outcomes of care).
Audience: The intended audience is undergraduate and graduate students and practicing nurses.
Features: Classification of nursing outcomes accompanied by measurement criteria for each outcome assists the nurse and nurse educator to "see" the contribution that nursing makes to a patient's healthcare. Links are provided to NANDA thus assisting the practicing nurse or student to understand how a diagnosis leads to the outcome measurement. In this book the editors explore where evidence to support the outcomes is found. A unique feature is the tie to case management, a relatively new area of nursing in terms of outcome measures. The one weakness of this system and the book is the lack of ties to all specialty areas of nursing. Pediatric and neonatal areas are not well represented in this classification system.
Assessment: This evidence-based book is high caliber. The editors and contributors are recognized nursing experts. There is no comparable book. It fits nicely with NANDA and NIC (Nursing Intervention Classification) as an aid to curriculum design. Of high importance in today's competitive healthcare era is the fact that this system and book outline a method of quantifying what nursing does. This qualification is especially important as managed care has forced cost containment and justification of services.

Carole Kenner

The editors of this book describe a systematic classification system for nursing outcomes. Each outcome is described by definition, label, a set of indicators, a measurement scale, and appropriate references. The purpose is to provide a classification system for nursing outcomes. This classification system allows nursing to quantify what nurses do and how well they do it (outcomes of care). The intended audience is undergraduate and graduate students and practicing nurses. Classification of nursing outcomes accompanied by measurement criteria for each outcome assists the nurse and nurse educator to "see" the contribution that nursing makes to a patient's healthcare. Links are provided to NANDA thus assisting the practicing nurse or student to understand how a diagnosis leads to the outcome measurement. In this book the editors explore where evidence to support the outcomes is found. A unique feature is the tie to case management, a relatively new area of nursing in terms of outcome measures. The one weakness of this system and the book is the lack of ties to all specialty areas of nursing. Pediatric and neonatal areas are not well represented in this classification system. This evidence-based book is high caliber. The editors and contributors are recognized nursing experts. There is no comparable book. It fits nicely with NANDA and NIC (Nursing Intervention Classification) as an aid to curriculum design. Of high importance in today's competitive healthcare era is the fact that this system and book outline a method of quantifying what nursing does. This qualification is especially important as managed care has forced cost containment and justification of services.

3 Stars from Doody