IMPLEMENTING NURSE SENSITIVE OUTCOMES INTO CARE PLANNING AT A LONG-TERM-CARE FACILITY

This article describes one long-term care facility's efforts to implem ent standardized language in the care planning process. Federal regula tions for long-term care mandate the use of a uniform comprehensive as sessment tool. Eighteen Resident Assessment Protocols (RAPs) are ident ified for data collection. Computer databases were revised for care pl anning. Appropriate North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NAND A) diagnoses were linked to each RAP. Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes (NOCs ) were linked to each NANDA as goals. Nursing Interventions Classifica tions (NICs) were linked to NANDA diagnosis and NOC outcomes as approa ches. The databases are illustrated, and frequently used NANDAs and NO Cs are identified.