PURPOSE. To synthesize the methods, rules and issues described in two studies that mapped nonstandardized nursing orderslinterventions into the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC).
SOURCES. The methods and results of studies conducted by Moorhead & Delaney and Coenen et al.
CONCLUSIONS. Results indicate that the NIC is an effective classification of mapping nursing orders/interventions to support across-site comparisons of nursing treatments. A set of decision rules to support mapping of interventions to the NIC is outlined.
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