title: Application of Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) in a cardiovascular critical care unit.
abstract: The nursing profession is moving toward developing a standardized language. Benefits of such a language are outlined. Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) (Iowa Intervention Project, 1992), a standardized language for nursing interventions, has been recently developed by the Iowa Intervention Project. This article describes how NIC was incorporated into a nursing care plan in a tertiary acute care facility. Teaching strategies, which include aspects of adult learning theory and motivational theory, are discussed. Utilization of creativity and variability in the planning and implementation of a unit based inservice program were the most beneficial strategies used.
authors.affiliation: Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, USA.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Robbins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled