Mapping nursing interventions from a hospital information system to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC).

TOPIC

Using the Nursing Interventions Classifications (NIC) as a standard to classify interventions identified in a hospital intervention system.

SOURCES

Literature and the authors experience with standardized data systems for nursing.

PURPOSE

To describe the processes used and the issues that arose as interventions from a hospital nursing information system were mapped to interventions in the NIC.

CONCLUSIONS

The NIC provided a standard for the classification of nursing interventions from a hospital information system resulting in data that could be compared across sites. Ongoing testing of nursing intervention classifications is recommended.