Help with NIC and NOC

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Nov 1, 2009

i am kind of confused as to how i use the books and what to do with the indicators in the noc book and in the nic book. do i just pick what one i want to use and what interventions i want?

yes. they should link with your nanda diagnosis. noc and nic reference books have 2 sections: a section of all the nursing diagnoses; a section of all the noc or nic categories. in your noc or nic reference you look up your nursing diagnosis first in the nursing diagnosis section. it will list nocs or nics that they suggest are appropriate links for that nursing diagnosis. next, look up the suggested noc or nic categories and look through the listing of outcomes or interventions to find the outcomes or interventions that you feel will be appropriate for your patient.

i have to get the nanda, r/t, aeb, and 2 nocs. now i understand the at risk for just have the first 2. do i need to get a noc for them too?

yes. every nursing diagnosis that you will have on your care plan will need a noc (outcome).

you are learning to write care plans. each care plan is a determination of a patient's nursing problems. we give each of those nursing problems a name called a nursing diagnosis. part of the care plan is doing something for each of those nursing problems. first, we set goals, or outcomes. these are what we predict we would like to happen as a result of the interventions we will be doing. second, are the actual nursing interventions we will order to be performed in order for those outcomes to happen. noc's (nursing outcomes classification) is merely an extensive list of outcomes that was developed and cross referenced with all the nanda nursing diagnoses to be used as a tool in helping us. you merely need to look up the nursing diagnosis your have chosen and the noc's they recommend that go with it, turn to those noc pages and pick the appropriate individual noc listed under that specific title that will apply to your care plan. it is the same for nic's (nursing interventions classification), extensive lists of nursing interventions that are cross referenced with all the nanda diagnoses. nocs and nics were developed for computerized care planning, so care plans could be written by just clicking and choosing the elements that were needed to construct the care plan from a computer keyboard. you are still following the steps of the nursing process in writing the care plan, however, just using noc and nic reference books instead of having to look up outcomes and interventions in a nursing textbook and figure them out yourself. some care plan books will show noc and noc linkages to the different diagnoses. the nursing diagnoses listed on these websites do that:

the steps of the care plan process are:

assessment (collect data)
formulate nursing diagnoses (your nanda)
write measurable outcomes and interventions (your nocs and nics)
initiate the care plan
determine if outcomes have been met

TomEMT-P2bRN · Nov 2, 2009

Thank you for the help. I know it took sometime to put that all down so thanks a lot! I think I understand what I am to do now with that it gave me a better understanding.

Thanks again.