A student nurse asks an instructor which resource is best to use when developing nursing outcomes for clients. Which reply by the instructor most accurately answers the student's question?
A. "Use the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), as a reference for nursing outcomes."
B. "Use the NANDA resource to identify appropriate outcomes."
C. "Use the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), as a reference for nursing outcomes."
D. "Copy your standard outcomes from a nursing care plan textbook."
ANS: C
NOC is a comprehensive, standardized classification of client outcomes developed to evaluate the effects of nursing interventions. NANDA is a resource for identifying approved nursing diagnoses.
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