[Analysis of the nursing interventions performed by public health nurses in health centers using the NIC].
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.
Kim
Souk-Young
SY
School of Nursing, Eulji University, 143-5 Yongdoo 2dong, Joong-gu, Daejeon 301-832, Korea. ksy@eulji.ac.kr
Chin
Young Ran
YR
Oh
Vock-Chang
VC
Park
Eun-Jun
EJ
Yun
Soon Nyoung
SN
Lee
In Sook
IS
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