Terminology owner/maintenance organisation Name, contact details, website | Center for Nursing Classification NIC is published by Elsevier. Citation for the current version: Butcher, H. K., Bulechek, G. M., Dochterman, J. M., & Wagner, C. M. (Eds.). (2018). Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) (7th ed.). St. Louis: MO: Elsevier. [565 interventions] |
Formal name of the code system | Nursing Interventions Classification |
Short name or abbreviation of the code system name | NIC |
| Technical identifier/s of the code system (OIDs, URNs etc) | OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.6.15 URL: https://nursing.uiowa.edu/cncce/nursing-interventions-classification-overview |
Scope/domain statement for the code system (Official or from HTA) | The Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) is a standardized classification developed by a research team at the University of Iowa. The purpose of NIC is to define interventions that nurses do on behalf of patients in all care domains. An intervention is defined as “any treatment, based upon clinical judgment and knowledge, a nurse performs to enhance patient/client outcomes.” NIC is updated a five-year cycle. |
Link to information about the code system - including how to obtain the content | https://nursing.uiowa.edu/cncce/nursing-interventions-classification-overview |
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