The Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) is a care classification system which describes the activities that nurses perform as a part of the planning phase of the nursing process

Nursing process

The nursing process is a modified scientific method. Nursing practise was first described as a four stage nursing process by Ida Jean Orlando in 1958,. It should not be confused with nursing theories or Health informatics...

 associate with the creation of a nursing care plan. The NIC consists of a standardized list which contains 433 different interventions. Each intervention is defined and the definition describes a set of activities a nurse performs in order to perform one of the interventions. Each of the 433 interventions is coded into a three-level taxonomic structure consisting of 27 classes and 6 domains. The taxonomic structure allows for easy selection of an intervention and to classify them by means of a computer

Computer

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. The NIC also allows for the implementation of a Nursing Minimum Data Set

Nursing Minimum Data Set

The Nursing Minimum Data Set is a classification system which allows for the standardized collection of essential nursing data. The collected data are meant to provide an accurate description of the nursing process used when providing nursing care...

 (NMDS). The terminology is an American Nurses' Association-recognized terminology, is included in the UMLS, and is HL7 registered.

See also

• Clinical Care Classification System
  Clinical Care Classification System
  Clinical Care Classification SystemThe Clinical Care Classification System is a standardized, coded nursing terminology that identifies the discrete elements of nursing practice...
  
  
• Nursing Outcomes Classification
  Nursing Outcomes Classification
  The Nursing Outcomes Classification is a classification system which describes patient outcomes sensitive to nursing intervention. The NOC is a system to evaluate the effects of nursing care as a part of the nursing process...
  
  
• NANDA
  NANDA
  NANDA International is a professional organization of nurses standardized nursing terminology that was officially founded in 1982 and develops, researches, disseminates and refines the nomenclature, criteria, and taxonomy of nursing diagnoses...
  
  
• Nursing care plan
  Nursing care plan
  A nursing care plan outlines the nursing care to be provided to an individual/family/community. It is a set of actions the nurse will implement to resolve/support nursing diagnoses identified by nursing assessment. The creation of the plan is an intermediate stage of the nursing process...
  
  
• Nursing diagnosis
  Nursing diagnosis
  A nursing diagnosis may be part of the nursing process and is a clinical judgement about individual, family, or community experiences/responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes...
  
  
• Nursing process
  Nursing process
  The nursing process is a modified scientific method. Nursing practise was first described as a four stage nursing process by Ida Jean Orlando in 1958,. It should not be confused with nursing theories or Health informatics...
  
  
• Nursing care
• Omaha System
  Omaha System
  The Omaha System is a standardized health care terminology consisting of an assessment component , an intervention component , and an outcomes component...