NIC Taxonomy

Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) Taxonomy

• There are seven domains: Basic Physiological, Complex Physiological, Behavioral, Safety, Family, Health System, and Community.

Physiological: Basic (care that supports physical functioning)

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• A. Activity and Exercise Management: interventions to organize or assist with physical activity and energy conservation and expenditure.
• B. Elimination Management: interventions to establish and maintain regular bowel and urinary elimination patterns and manage complications caused by altered patterns.
• C. Immobility Management: interventions to manage restricted body movement and the sequelae.
• D. Nutrition Support: interventions to modify of maintain nutritional status.
• E. Physical Comfort Promotion: interventions to promote comfort using physical techniques.
• F. Self-Care Facilitation: interventions to provide or assist with routine activities of daily living.

Physiological: Complex (care that supports homeostatic regulation)

• G. Electrolyte and Acid-Base Management: interventions to regulate Electrolyte and Acid-Base balance and prevent complications
• H. Drug Management: interventions to facilitate desired effects of pharmacological agents
• I. Neurological Management: interventions to optimize neurological functions
• J. Perioperative Care: interventions to provide care before, during, and immediately after surgery
• K. Respiratory Management: interventions to promote airway patency and gas exchange
• L. Skin/Wound Management: interventions to maintain or restore tissue integrity
• M. Thermoregulation: interventions to maintain body temperature within a normal range
• N. Tissue Perfusion Management: interventions to optimize circulation of blood and fluids to the tissue

Behavioral (care that supports psychosocial functioning and facilitates lifestyle changes)

• O. Behavior Therapy: interventions to reinforce or promote desirable behaviors or alter undesirable behaviors
• P. Cognitive Therapy: interventions to reinforce or promote desirable cognitive functioning or alter undesirable functioning.
• Q. Communication Enhancement: interventions to facilitate delivering and receiving verbal and nonverbal messages
• R. Coping Assistance: interventions to assist another to build on own strengths, adapt to a change in function, or achieve a higher level of function
• S. Patient Education: interventions to facilitate learning
• T. Psychological Comfort Promotion: interventions to promote comfort using psychological techniques

Safety (care that supports protection against harm)

• U. Crisis Management: interventions to provide immediate short-term help in both psychological and physiological crises
• V. Risk Management: interventions to initiate risk-reduction activities and continue monitoring risks over time

Family (care that supports the family)

• W. Childbearing Care: interventions to assist in understanding and coping with the psychological and physiological changes during the childbearing period
• Z. Childrearing Care: interventions to assist in rearing the child
• X. Life Span Care: interventions to facilitate family unit functioning and promote the health and welfare of family members throughout the life span

Health System (care that supports effective use of the health care delivery system)

• Y. Health System Mediation: interventions to facilitate the interface between patient/family and the health care system
• a. Health System Management: interventions to provide and enhance support services for the delivery of care
• b. Information Management: interventions to facilitate communication among health care providers.

Community (care that supports the health of the community)

• c. Community Health Promotion: interventions that promote the health of the whole community
• d. Community Risk Management: interventions that assist in detecting or preventing health risks to the whole community