title: [Analysis of the nursing interventions performed by public health nurses in health centers using the NIC].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to identify nursing interventions performed by public health nurses in health centers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was collected by the taxonomy of Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC 3rd: 486 nursing interventions) from 131 public health nurses in health centers and analyzed using descriptive statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As its result, more than 50% of public health nurses performed 137 nursing interventions at least monthly. The most frequently used intervention class was "activity and exercise management", followed by "physical comfort promotion", "community health promotion", "life span care", "coping assistance", "self care facilitation", "information management", "nutrition support", "community risk management" and "patient education". One hundred twenty nursing interventions were rarely performed by 90% or more of the nurses. Most of them were in the physical complex domain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, 137 interventions were performed by public health nurses at least monthly. NIC is helpful to build a standardized language for public health nursing.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Eulji University, 143-5 Yongdoo 2dong, Joong-gu, Daejeon 301-832, Korea. ksy@eulji.ac.kr
authors.forename: Souk-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Ran
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Vock-Chang
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Eun-Jun
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Soon Nyoung
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: In Sook
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D048108:Nursing Informatics; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009626:Terminology as Topic