Based on ongoing research at the University of Iowa, this is the only book that provides linkages among the three standardized languages recognized by the American Nurses Organization: NANDA-I, Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), and Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). A perfect companion to Moorhead: NOC, 4th Edition, and Bulechek: NIC, 5th Edition, this book is a valuable tool for you to use when developing care plans for patients, and for institutions to use in tracking and quantifying nursing care.
• NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses are linked to outcome labels and three levels of suggested interventions;
• Major
• Suggested
• Optional
• NEW chapters discuss the use of linkages for clinical reasoning and quality improvement and the use of NNN in computerized information systems.
• NEW linkages are added for common, n, high-co-cost medical diagnoses such as COPD and total joint replacement.
• NEW! Major revisions are made in the presentation of the linkages for risk diagnoses.
• Case studies demonstrate the real-life application of linkages with summary showing terminology and criteria.
• Definitions of all NANDA-I, NOC, and NIC labels are provided.