A nurse expresses difficulty deciding which nursing interventions to suggest for a patient with arthritic pain during an upcoming patient-centered conference. A peer suggests referring to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) taxonomy
This would provide the nurse with information on
a. how to provide basic care to patients.
b. identification of nursing measures to help patients progress toward goals.
c. a language for measuring patients' response to nursing interventions.
d. how to translate nursing diagnoses into nursing problems.
ANS: B
NIC standardizes, defines, and assists nurses in choosing the appropriate nursing interventions. It includes physical and psychosocial interventions, health promotion, illness treatment, and independent and collaborative interventions. NIC is not a basic text. NIC does not provide a measurement language. NIC does not give information about translating nursing diagnoses into nursing problems.
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