Ten Paths to Data-Driven Care Using NIC and NOC

This article focuses on the critical need for nursing data to be used in the care process provided by nurses. It offers 10 potential paths nurse leaders can use to increase their use of data using nursing terminology such as the Nursing Outcomes Classification and the Nursing Interventions Classification. The paths highlight the need for data about both the nurse and the patient in the care environment. These paths support the use of the nursing process in care planning for patients and highlight the critical need for outcome measurement to determine the effective-ness of nursing interventions. Nurses are important care providers in our current healthcare system and need to have accurate data to make care decisions with the patient and their family. Nurse leaders are instrumental in making this happen.