title: Integrating nursing diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes in public health nursing practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Applying standardized nursing language in public health nursing practice.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop a charting format to document public health nursing practice based on standardized nursing language.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature review of documentation systems for public health nursing practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A task force of public health nurses developed a charting format based on Taxonomy I of Nursing Diagnosis (NANDA), Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).
authors.affiliation: County of Orange, Health Care Agency, Public Health Field Nursing, Santa Ana, CA, USA.kparris@hea.co.orange.ca.us
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Parris
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Place
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Orellana
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Calder
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karolys
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meza
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Middough
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009737:Nursing Records; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009626:Terminology as Topic