Using the nursing interventions classification as a potential measure of nurse workload.
Standardized terminologies, such as the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) taxonomy, may be used in multiple ways to represent nursing constructs. This study is the first known to explore the NIC as a framework for the development of a nursing workload measure. While the NIC may not represent the complexity of nurses' work, the classification system may represent uniformly the work of nurses in health information systems to yield reliable data for a nursing workload measure.
de Cordova
Pamela B
PB
Columbia University School of Nursing, Center for Health Policy (Ms de Cordova and Drs Lucero, Hyun, and Stone) and Hospital for Special Surgery (Mss Quinlan and Price), New York.
Lucero
Robert J
RJ
Hyun
Sookyung
S
Quinlan
Patricia
P
Price
Kwanza
K
Stone
Patricia W
PW
D002965:Classification; D003697:Delphi Technique; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016526:Workload / Q000145:classification*