Mapping nursing interventions from a hospital information system to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC).
OBJECTIVE
Using the Nursing Interventions Classifications (NIC) as a standard to classify interventions identified in a hospital intervention system.


METHODS
Literature and the authors experience with standardized data systems for nursing.


OBJECTIVE
To describe the processes used and the issues that arose as interventions from a hospital nursing information system were mapped to interventions in the NIC.


CONCLUSIONS
The NIC provided a standard for the classification of nursing interventions from a hospital information system resulting in data that could be compared across sites. Ongoing testing of nursing intervention classifications is recommended.
Coenen
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A
Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Ryan
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P
Sutton
J
J
D016208:Databases, Factual; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled