Nursing Outcomes Classification

{{Short description|System to evaluate the effects of nursing care}}

The Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) is a classification system which describes patient outcomes sensitive to nursing intervention. The NOC is a system to evaluate the effects of nursing care as a part of the nursing process. The NOC contains 330 outcomes, and each with a label, a definition, and a set of indicators and measures to determine achievement of the nursing outcome and are included The terminology is an American Nurses' Association-recognized terminology, is included in the UMLS, and is HL7 registered.Donahue, M.P. & Brighton, V., Nursing outcome classification: Development and implementation, Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 1998, 12(5)S. Moorhead, M. Johnson, M. Maas, E. Swanson, Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), Elsevier, Fourth Edition, 936 pages, 2007, {{ISBN|0-323-05408-0}}

With the development of advanced nursing practice and the need to demonstrate effectiveness in patient care, academics and advanced practitioners have started researching and identifying nursing-sensitive outcome.{{Cite journal|last1=Doran|first1=Diane M.|last2=Harrison|first2=Margaret B.|last3=Laschinger|first3=Heather S.|last4=Hirdes|first4=John P.|last5=Rukholm|first5=Ellen|last6=Sidani|first6=Souraya|last7=Hall|first7=Linda McGillis|last8=Tourangeau|first8=Ann E.|date=March 2006|title=Nursing-sensitive outcomes data collection in acute care and long-term-care settings|journal=Nursing Research|volume=55|issue=2 Suppl|pages=S75–81|issn=0029-6562|pmid=16601638|doi=10.1097/00006199-200603001-00012|s2cid=44681188 }}{{Cite journal|last1=Ingersoll|first1=G. L.|last2=McIntosh|first2=E.|last3=Williams|first3=M.|date=November 2000|title=Nurse-sensitive outcomes of advanced practice|journal=Journal of Advanced Nursing|volume=32|issue=5|pages=1272–1281|issn=0309-2402|pmid=11115013|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01598.x|hdl=2027.42/72541|hdl-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last=Krau|first=Stephen D.|date=2014-03-01|title=Nurse-Sensitive Outcomes: Indicators of Quality Care?|url=http://www.nursing.theclinics.com/article/S0029-6465(13)00127-8/abstract|journal=Nursing Clinics|language=English|volume=49|issue=1|pages=ix–x|doi=10.1016/j.cnur.2013.12.002|issn=0029-6465|pmid=24485192|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Ingersoll|first1=Gail L.|last2=McIntosh|first2=Elaine|last3=Williams|first3=Mamie|date=2000-11-01|title=Nurse-sensitive outcomes of advanced practice|journal=Journal of Advanced Nursing|language=en|volume=32|issue=5|pages=1272–1281|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01598.x|pmid=11115013|issn=1365-2648|url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72541/1/j.1365-2648.2000.01598.x.pdf|hdl=2027.42/72541|hdl-access=free}} These are defined as defined as an individual's, family or community state, behaviour or perception that is measured along a continuum in response to nursing intervention.{{Cite web|url=https://elsevier.ca/product.jsp?isbn=9780323100106|title=Elsevier: Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), 5th Edition: Moorhead, Johnson, Maas & Swanson|website=elsevier.ca|access-date=2017-11-13}} Nursing sensitive outcomes have been identifying in rheumatology nursing,{{Cite journal|last1=Minnock|first1=Patricia|last2=McKee|first2=Gabrielle|last3=Kelly|first3=Alexia|last4=Carter|first4=Sheree C.|last5=Menzies|first5=Victoria|last6=O’Sullivan|first6=Denis|last7=Richards|first7=Pam|last8=Ndosi|first8=Mwidimi|last9=Hustings|first9=Yvonne van Eijk|date=2018-01-01|title=Nursing sensitive outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic literature review|journal=International Journal of Nursing Studies|language=en|volume=77|pages=115–129|doi=10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.09.005|pmid=29080437|issn=0020-7489|url=https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/portal/en/publications/nursing-sensitive-outcomes-in-patients-with-rheumatoid-arthritis-a-systematic-literature-review(2ac83b98-fe16-41af-b0a5-5dc967fc3707).html|url-access=subscription}} paediatric nursing{{Cite journal|last1=Wilson|first1=Sally|last2=Bremner|first2=Alexandra P.|last3=Hauck|first3=Yvonne|last4=Finn|first4=Judith|date=2012-07-20|title=Identifying paediatric nursing-sensitive outcomes in linked administrative health data|journal=BMC Health Services Research|volume=12|pages=209|doi=10.1186/1472-6963-12-209|pmid=22818363|pmc=3467158|issn=1472-6963 |doi-access=free }} and in intensive care.{{Cite journal|last1=Krapohl|first1=Greta|last2=Manojlovich|first2=Milisa|last3=Redman|first3=Richard|last4=Zhang|first4=Lingling|date=November 2010|title=Nursing specialty certification and nursing-sensitive patient outcomes in the intensive care unit|journal=American Journal of Critical Care|volume=19|issue=6|pages=490–498; quiz 499|doi=10.4037/ajcc2010406|issn=1937-710X|pmid=21041193|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Baggs|first1=Judith Gedney|last2=Schmitt|first2=Madeline H.|last3=Mushlin|first3=Alvin I.|last4=Mitchell|first4=Pamela H.|last5=Eldredge|first5=Deborah H.|last6=Oakes|first6=David|last7=Hutson|first7=Alan D.|date=September 1999|title=Association between nurse-physician collaboration and patient outcomes in three intensive care units|journal=Critical Care Medicine|language=en|volume=27|issue=9|pages=1991–1998|doi=10.1097/00003246-199909000-00045|pmid=10507630|issn=0090-3493}}