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Using the Nursing Interventions Classification as a Potential Measure of Nurse Workload

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Standardized terminologies, such as the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) taxonomy, may be used in multiple ways to represent nursing constructs. This study is the first known to explore the NIC as a framework for the development of a nursing workload measure. While the NIC may not represent the complexity of nurses' work, the classification system may represent uniformly the work of nurses in health information systems to yield reliable data for a nursing workload measure.

Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality

DOI: 10.1097/ncq.0b013e3181b3e69d

Authors: Pamela B. de Cordova, Robert J. Lucero, Sookyung Hyun, Patricia Quinlan, Kwanza Price, Patricia W. Stone

Institutions: Hospital for Special Surgery, Columbia University, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Language: English

Topic: Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation

Subfield: Issues, ethics and legal aspects

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institute of Nursing Research