Establishing competency in the use of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, Nursing Outcomes Classification, and Nursing Interventions Classification terminology.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a 16-hour intervention designed to build clinician competency in the use of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA), Nursing Outcome Classification (NOC), and Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) (hereinafter: N3) among nurses with limited N3 knowledge. Each of 19 pairs of nurses independently selected N3 terms and rated the outcomes applicable to an actual patient for a specified time. A pair-through discussion then created a single consensus patient profile of the applicable terms. Before discussion, pairs agreed on 46% of the NANDA diagnoses, 30% of the NOC outcomes, and 20% of the NIC interventions selected. Eighty-nine percent of NOC label pair ratings were within 1 point. Building competency in N3 requires consistent use in written and oral communication with peers across time. Inter-rater reliabilities (IRRs) for NOC label ratings support previous findings.
University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. gkeenan@umich.edu
Gail
G
Keenan
Sharie
S
Falan
Crystal
C
Heath
Marcy
M
Treder
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008824:Michigan; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000145:classification; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000145:classification; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled