title: Evaluating physical functional outcomes: one category of the NOC system.
abstract: All professional health care disciplines are now being held accountable to demonstrate the outcomes they produce. It is imperative that nurses demonstrate the difference they make in patient care to justify the cost of professional nursing. Standardized language is needed to aggregate data and report information on nursing interventions and associated outcomes. The Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) system is the first comprehensive classification of nursing-sensitive patient outcomes. In this review, the development of this classification system with specific results related to physical functional status and implications of NOC for nursing practice are discussed.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brady-Schluttner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ellenbecker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lassegard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maas
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Westra
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification*; D015399:Nursing Research; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000145:classification*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017432:Unified Medical Language System