applying standardized terminologies to practice
Applying Standardized Terminologies in Practice
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR 512: Nursing Informatics
Summer 2014
Introduction
The health industry is in the process of adopting evidence based interventions. This has lead to the standardization on the mode of communication in the classification of diagnosis, applied interventions and the expected outcomes. In this standardization process, the NANDA, NIC, and NOC elements are the most commonly used and effective systems. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of these standardized terminologies as they relate to a patient with congestive heart failure, identify the elements of NANDA, NIC and NOC and describe the data, information, knowledge and wisdom used during the process.
Applying standardized Terminologies in Practice
The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) provides a clear outline on how nurses should diagnose various diseases. The nursing outcome classification (NOC) provides measurement scales and indictors to be used in measuring the progress of a patient. According to Johnson (2012), NOC enables a nurse to maintain various patient outcomes in different environments over time. Various interventions relating to specific diagnosis are also provided in the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC). The NIC also has specific activities that are to be implemented depending on the patient’s needs and other existing circumstances. The following is an illustration of how each of the above standardized terminologies can be applied in a patient with congestive heart failure.
Congestive heart failure is a condition where the heart is unable to pump oxygen rich blood to all parts of the body (García, 2010). Heart failure can be caused by a number of things that cause the increased need to provide oxygenated blood to the body tissues, which causes weakening of the heart, and heart failure. NANDA can be used to collect the
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR 512: Nursing Informatics
Summer 2014
Introduction
The health industry is in the process of adopting evidence based interventions. This has lead to the standardization on the mode of communication in the classification of diagnosis, applied interventions and the expected outcomes. In this standardization process, the NANDA, NIC, and NOC elements are the most commonly used and effective systems. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of these standardized terminologies as they relate to a patient with congestive heart failure, identify the elements of NANDA, NIC and NOC and describe the data, information, knowledge and wisdom used during the process.
Applying standardized Terminologies in Practice
The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) provides a clear outline on how nurses should diagnose various diseases. The nursing outcome classification (NOC) provides measurement scales and indictors to be used in measuring the progress of a patient. According to Johnson (2012), NOC enables a nurse to maintain various patient outcomes in different environments over time. Various interventions relating to specific diagnosis are also provided in the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC). The NIC also has specific activities that are to be implemented depending on the patient’s needs and other existing circumstances. The following is an illustration of how each of the above standardized terminologies can be applied in a patient with congestive heart failure.
Congestive heart failure is a condition where the heart is unable to pump oxygen rich blood to all parts of the body (García, 2010). Heart failure can be caused by a number of things that cause the increased need to provide oxygenated blood to the body tissues, which causes weakening of the heart, and heart failure. NANDA can be used to collect the
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