Outcome Labels and Definitions

Abuse Cessation— Evidence that the victim is no longer exploited
Abuse Protection— Protection of self or dependent others from abuse
Abuse Recovery: Emotional— Extent of healing of psychological injuries due to abuse
Abuse Recovery: Financial— Extent of control of monetary and legal matters following financial exploitation
Abuse Recovery: Physical— Extent of healing of physical injuries due to abuse
Abuse Recovery: Sexual— Extent of healing of physical and psychological injuries due to sexual abuse or exploitation
Abuse Recovery Status— Extent of healing following physical or psychological abuse that may include sexual or financial exploitation
Abusive Behavior Self-Restraint— Self-restraint of abuse and neglectful behaviors towards others
Acceptance: Health Status— Reconciliation significant change in health circumstances
Activity Tolerance— Psychological response to energy-consuming movements with daily activities
Adaptation to Physical Disability— Adaptive response to a significant functional challenge due to a physical disability
Adherence Behavior— Self-initiated actions to promote wellness, recovery, and rehabilitation
Aggression Self-Control— Self-restraint of assaultive, combative, or destructive behavior toward others
Allergic Response: Localized— Severity of localized hypersensitive immune response to a specific environmental (exogenous) antigen
Allergic Response: Systemic— Severity of systemic hypersensitive immune response to a specific environmental (exogenous) antigen
Ambulation— Ability to walk from place to place independently with or without assistive device
Ambulation: Wheelchair— Ability to move from place to place in a wheelchair
Anxiety Self-Control— Personal actions to eliminate or reduce feelings of apprehension, tension, or uneasiness from an unidentifiable source
Anxiety Level— Severity of manifested apprehension, tension, or uneasiness arising from an unidentifiable source
Appetite— Desire to eat when ill or receiving treatment
Aspiration Prevention— Personal actions to prevent the passage of fluid and solid particles into the lung
Asthma Self–Management— Personal actions to reverse inflammatory condition resulting in bronchial constriction of the airways
Balance— Ability to maintain body equilibrium
Blood Coagulation— Extent to which blood clots within normal period of time
Blood Glucose Level— Extent to which plasma glucose levels in plasma and urine are maintained in normal range
Blood Loss Severity— Severity of internal or external bleeding/hemorrhage
Blood Transfusion Reaction— Severity of complications with blood transfusions reaction
Body Image— Perception of own appearance and body functions
Body Mechanics Performance— Personal actions to maintain proper body alignment and to prevent muscular skeletal strain
Body Positioning: Self-Initiated— Ability to change own body position independently with or without assistive device
Bone Healing— Extent of regeneration of cells and tissues following bone injury
Bowel Continence— Control of passage of stool from the bowel
Bowel Elimination— Formation and evacuation of stool
Breastfeeding Establishment: Infant— Infant attachment to and sucking from the mother’s breast for nourishment during the first 3 weeks of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Establishment: Maternal— Maternal establishment of proper attachment of an infant to and sucking from the breast for nourishment during the first 3 weeks of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Maintenance— Continuation of breastfeeding for nourishment of an infant/toddler
Breastfeeding Weaning— Progressive discontinuation of breastfeeding
Cardiac Disease Self-Management— Personal actions to manage heart disease and prevent disease progression
Cardiac Pump Effectiveness— Adequacy of blood volume ejected from the left ventricle to support systemic perfusion pressure
Caregiver Adaptation to Patient Institutionalization— Adaptive response of family caregiver when the care recipient is moved to an institution
Caregiver Emotional Health— Emotional well-being of a family care provider while caring for a family member
Caregiver Home Care Readiness— Extent of preparedness of a caregiver to assume responsibility for the health care of a family member in the home
Caregiver Lifestyle Disruption— Severity of disturbances in the lifestyle of a family member due to caregiving
Caregiver-Patient Relationship— Positive interactions and connections between the caregiver and care recipient
Caregiver Performance: Direct Care— Provision by family care provider of appropriate personal and health care for a family member
Caregiver Performance: Indirect Care— Arrangement and oversight by family care provider of appropriate care for a family member
Caregiver Physical Health— Physical well-being of a family care provider while caring for a family member
Caregiver Stressors— Severity of biopsychosocial pressure on a family care provider caring for another over an extended period of time
Caregiver Well-Being— Extent of positive perception of primary care provider’s health status and life circumstances
Caregiving Endurance Potential— Factors that promote family care provider continuance over an extended period of time
Child Adaptation to Hospitalization— Adaptive response of a child from 3 years through 17 years of age to hospitalization
Child Development: 1 month— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychoscial progression by 1 month of age
Child Development: 2 months— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression by 2 months of age
Child Development: 4 months— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression by 4 months of age
Child Development: 6 months— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression by 6 months of age
Child Development: 12 months— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression by 12 months of age
Child Development: 2 years— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression by 2 years of age
Child Development: 3 years— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression by 3 years of age
Child Development: 4 years— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression by 4 years of age
Child Development: Preschool— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression from 3 years through 5 years of age
Child Development: Middle Childhood— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression from 6 years through 11 years of age
Child Development: Adolescence— Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression from 12 years through 17 years of age
Circulation Status— Unobstructed, unidirectional blood flow at an appropriate pressure through large vessels of the systemic and pulmonary circuits
Client Satisfaction: Access to Care Resources— Extent of positive perception of access to nursing staff, supplies, and equipment needed for care
Client Satisfaction: Caring— Extent of positive perception of nursing staff's concern for the client
Client Satisfaction: Communication— Extent of positive perception of information exchanged between client and nursing staff
Client Satisfaction: Continuity of Care— Extent of positive perception of coordination of cares as the patient moves from one care setting to another
Client Satisfaction: Cultural Needs Fulfillment— Extent of positive perception of integration of cultural beliefs, values, and social structures into nursing care
Client Satisfaction: Functional Assistance— Extent of positive perception of nursing assistance to achieve mobility and self-care as independently as health conditions permit
Client Satisfaction: Physical Care— Extent of positive perception of nursing care to maintain body functions and cleanliness
Client Satisfaction: Physical Environment— Extent of positive perception of living environment, treatment environment, equipment and supplies in acute or long term care settings
Client Satisfaction: Protection of Rights— Extent of positive perception of protection of a client's legal and moral rights provided by nursing staff
Client Satisfaction: Psychological Care— Extent of positive perception of nursing assistance to perform emotional and mental activities as independently as health condition permits
Client Satisfaction: Safety— Extent of positive perception of procedures, information, and nursing care to prevent harm or injury
Client Satisfaction: Symptom Control— Extent of positive perception of nursing care to relieve symptoms of illness
Client Satisfaction: Teaching— Extent of positive perception of instruction provided by nursing staff to improve knowledge, understanding, and participation in care
Client Satisfaction: Technical Aspects of Care— Extent of positive perception of nursing staff's knowledge and expertise used in providing care
Cognition— Ability to execute complex mental processes
Cognitive Orientation— Ability to identify person, place, and time accurately
Comfort Level— Extent of positive perception of physical and psychological ease
Comfortable Death— Physical and psychological ease with the impending end of life
Communication— Reception, interpretation, and expression of spoken, written, and nonverbal messages
Communication: Expressive— Expression of meaningful verbal and/or nonverbal messages
Communication: Receptive— Reception and interpretation of verbal and/or nonverbal messages
Community Competence— Capacity of a community to collectively problem solve to achieve community goals
Community Disaster Readiness— Community preparedness to respond to a natural or man-made calamitous event
Community Health Status— The general state of well-being of a community or population
Community Health Status: Immunity— Resistance of community members to the invasion and spread of an infectious agent that could threaten public health
Community Risk Control: Chronic Disease— Community actions to reduce the risk of chronic diseases and related complications
Community Risk Control: Communicable Disease— Community actions to eliminate or reduce the spread of infectious agents (bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses) that threaten public health
Community Risk Control: Lead Exposure— Community actions to reduce lead exposure and poisoning
Community Risk Control: Violence— Community actions to eliminate or reduce intentional violent acts resulting in serious physical or psychological harm
Community Violence Level— Incidence of violent acts compared with local, state or national values
Compliance Behavior— Personal actions to promote wellness, recovery, and rehabilitation based on professional advice
Concentration— Ability to focus on a specific stimulus
Coordinated Movement— Ability of muscles to work together voluntarily for purposeful movement
Coping— Personal actions to manage stressors that tax an individual’s resources
Decision Making— Ability to make judgements and choose between two or more alternatives
Depression Self–Control— Personal actions to minimize melancholy and maintain interest in life events
Depression Level— Severity of melancholic mood and loss of interest in life events
Diabetes Self-Management— Personal actions to manage diabetes mellitus and prevent disease progression
Dignified Life Closure— Personal actions to maintain control during approaching end of life
Discharge Readiness: Independent Living— Readiness of a patient to relocate from a health care institution to living independently
Discharge Readiness: Supported Living— Readiness of a patient to relocate from a health care institution to a lower level of supported living
Distorted Thought Self-Control— Self-restraint or disruption in perception, thought processes, and thought content
Electrolyte Acid/Base Balance— Balance of the electrolytes and non-electrolytes in the intracellular and extracellular compartments of the body
Endurance— Capacity to sustain activity
Energy Conservation— Personal actions to manage energy for initiating and sustaining activity
Falls Occurrence— Number of falls in the past (define period of time)
Fall Prevention Behavior— Personal or family caregiver actions to minimize risk factors that might precipitate falls in the personal environment
Family Coping— Family actions to manage stressors that tax family resources
Family Functioning— Capacity of the family system to meet the needs of its members during developmental transitions
Family Health Status— Overall health and social competence of family unit
Family Integrity— Family members’ behaviors that collectively demonstrate cohesion, strength, and emotional bonding
Family Normalization— Capacity of the family system to maintain routines and develop strategies for optimal functioning when a member has a chronic illness or disability
Family Participation in Professional Care— Family involvement in decision-making, delivery, and evaluation of care provided by health care personnel
Family Physical Environment— Physical arrangements in the home that provide safety and stimulation to family members
Family Resiliency— Capacity of the family system to successfully adapt and function competently following significant adversity or crises
Family Social Climate— Supportive milieu as characterized by family member relationships and goals
Family Support During Treatment— Family presence and emotional support for an individual undergoing treatment
Fear Self-Control— Personal actions to eliminate or reduce disabling feelings of apprehension, tension, or uneasiness from an identifiable source
Fear Level— Severity of manifested apprehension, tension, or uneasiness arising from an identifiable source
Fear Level: Child— Severity of manifested apprehension, tension, or uneasiness arising from an identifiable source in a child from 1 year through 17 years of age
Fetal Status: Antepartum— Extent to which fetal signs are within normal limits from conception to the onset of labor
Fetal Status: Intrapartum— Extent to which fetal signs are within normal limits from onset of labor to delivery
Fluid Balance— Water balance in the intracellular and extracellular compartments of the body
Fluid Overload Severity— Severity of excess fluids in the intracellular and extracellular compartments of the body
Grief Resolution— Adjustment to actual or impending loss
Growth— Normal increase in bone size and body weight during growth years
Health Beliefs— Personal convictions that influence health behaviors
Health Beliefs: Perceived Ability to Perform— Personal conviction that one can carry out a given health behavior
Health Beliefs: Perceived Control— Personal conviction that one can influence a health outcome
Health Beliefs: Perceived Resources— Personal conviction that one has adequate means to carry out a health behavior
Health Beliefs: Perceived Threat— Personal conviction that threatening health problem is serious and has potential negative consequences for lifestyle
Health Orientation— Personal commitment to health behaviors as lifestyle priorities
Health-Promoting Behavior— Personal actions to sustain or increase wellness
Health-Seeking Behavior— Personal actions to promote optimal wellness, recovery, and rehabilitation
Hearing Compensation Behavior— Personal actions to identify, monitor, and compensate for hearing loss
Hemodialysis Access— Functionality of a dialysis access site
Hope— Optimism that is personally satisfying and life-supporting
Hydration— Adequate water in the intracellular and extracellular compartments of the body
Hyperactivity Level: Child— Severity of patterns of inattention or impulsivity in a child from 1 year through 17 years of age
Identity— Distinguishes between self and nonself and characterizes one’s essence
Immobility Consequences: Physiological— Severity of compromise in physiological functioning due to impaired physical mobility
Immobility Consequences: Psycho-Cognitive— Severity of compromise in psycho-cognitive functioning due to impaired physical mobility
Immune Hypersensitivity Response— Severity of inappropriate immune responses
Immune Status— Natural and acquired appropriately targeted resistance to internal and external antigens
Immunization Behavior— Personal actions to obtain immunization to prevent a communicable disease
Impulse Self-Control— Self-restraint of compulsive or impulsive behaviors
Infection Severity— Severity of infection and associated symptoms
Infection Severity: Newborn— Severity of infection and associated symptoms during the first 28 days of life
Information Processing— Ability to acquire, organize, and use information
Joint Movement: Ankle— Active range of motion of the ankle with self-initiated movement
Joint Movement: Elbow— Active range of motion of the elbow with self-initiated movement
Joint Movement: Fingers— Active range of motion of the fingers with self-initiated movement
Joint Movement: Hip— Active range of motion of the hip with self-initiated movement
Joint Movement: Knee— Active range of motion of the knee with self-initiated movement
Joint Movement: Neck— Active range of motion of the neck with self-initiated movement
Joint Movement: Passive— Joint movement with assistance
Joint Movement: Shoulder— Active range of motion of the shoulder with self-initiated movement
Joint Movement: Spine— Active range of motion of the spine with self-initiated movement
Joint Movement: Wrist— Active range of motion of the wrist with self-initiated movement
Kidney Function— Filtration of blood and elimination of metabolic waste products through the formation of urine
Knowledge: Body Mechanics— Extent of understanding conveyed about proper body alignment, balance and coordinated movement
Knowledge: Breastfeeding— Extent of understanding conveyed about lactation and nourishment of infant through breastfeeding
Knowledge: Cardiac Disease Management— Extent of understanding conveyed about heart disease and the prevention of complications
Knowledge: Child Physical Safety— Extent of understanding conveyed about safely caring for a child from 1 year through 17 years of age
Knowledge: Conception Prevention— Extent of understanding conveyed about prevention of unintended pregnancy
Knowledge: Diabetes Management— Extent of understanding conveyed about diabetes mellitus and the prevention of complications
Knowledge: Diet— Extent of understanding conveyed about recommended diet
Knowledge: Disease Process— Extent of understanding conveyed about a specific disease process
Knowledge: Energy Conservation— Extent of understanding conveyed about energy conservation techniques
Knowledge: Fall Prevention— Extent of understanding conveyed about prevention of falls
Knowledge: Fertility Promotion— Extent of understanding conveyed about fertility testing and the conditions that affect conception
Knowledge: Health Behavior— Extent of understanding conveyed about the promotion and protection of health
Knowledge: Health Promotion— Extent of understanding conveyed about information needed to obtain and maintain optimal health
Knowledge: Health Resources— Extent of understanding conveyed about relevant health care resources
Knowledge: Illness Care— Extent of understanding conveyed about illness-related information needed to achieve and maintain optimal health
Knowledge: Infant Care— Extent of understanding conveyed about caring for a baby from birth to 1st birthday
Knowledge: Infection Control— Extent of understanding conveyed about prevention and control of infection
Knowledge: Labor and Delivery— Extent of understanding conveyed about labor and vaginal delivery
Knowledge: Medication— Extent of understanding conveyed about the safe use of medication
Knowledge: Ostomy Care— Extent of understanding conveyed about maintenance of an ostomy for elimination
Knowledge: Parenting— Extent of understanding about provision of a nurturing and constructive environment for a child from 1 year through 17 years of age
Knowledge: Personal Safety— Extent of understanding conveyed about preventing unintentional injuries
Knowledge: Postpartum Maternal Health— Extent of understanding conveyed about maternal health following delivery
Knowledge: Preconception Maternal Health— Extent of understanding conveyed about maternal health prior to conception to ensure a healthy pregnancy
Knowledge: Pregnancy— Extent of understanding conveyed about promotion of a healthy pregnancy and prevention of complications
Knowledge: Prescribed Activity— Extent of understanding conveyed about prescribed activity and exercise
Knowledge: Sexual Functioning— Extent of understanding conveyed about sexual development and responsible sexual practices
Knowledge: Substance Use Control— Extent of understanding conveyed about controlling the use of drugs, tobacco, or alcohol
Knowledge: Treatment Procedure(s)— Extent of understanding conveyed about procedure(s) required as part of a treatment regimen
Knowledge: Treatment Regimen— Extent of understanding conveyed about a specific treatment regimen
Leisure Participation— Use of relaxing, interesting, and enjoyable activities to promote well-being
Loneliness Severity— Severity of emotional, social, or existential isolation response
Maternal Status: Antepartum— Extent to which maternal well-being is within normal limits from conception to the onset of labor
Maternal Status: Intrapartum— Extent to which maternal well-being is within normal limits from onset of labor to delivery
Maternal Status: Postpartum— Extent to which maternal well-being is within normal limits from delivery of placenta to completion of involution
Mechanical Ventilation Response: Adult— Alveolar exchange and tissue perfusion are supported by mechanical ventilation
Mechanical Ventilation Weaning Response: Adult— Respiratory and psychological adjustment to progressive removal of mechanical ventilation
Medication Response— Therapeutic and adverse effects of prescribed medication
Memory— Ability to cognitively retrieve and report previously stored information
Mobility— Ability to move purposefully in own environment independently with or without assistive device
Mood Equilibrium— Appropriate adjustment of prevailing emotional tone in response to circumstances
Motivation— Inner urge that moves or prompts an individual to positive action(s)
Nausea and Vomiting Control— Personal actions to control nausea, retching, and vomiting symptoms
Nausea and Vomiting Disruptive Effects— Severity of observed or reported disruptive effects of nausea, retching, and vomiting on daily functioning
Nausea and Vomiting Severity— Severity of nausea, retching, and vomiting symptoms
Neglect Cessation— Evidence that the victim is no longer receiving substandard care
Neglect Recovery— Extent of healing following the cessation of substandard care
Neurological Status— Ability of the peripheral and central nervous system to receive, process, and respond to internal and external stimuli
Neurological Status: Autonomic— Ability of the autonomic nervous system to coordinate visceral and homeostatic function
Neurological Status: Central Motor Control— Ability of the central nervous system to coordinate skeletal muscle activity for body movement
Neurological Status: Consciousness— Arousal, orientation, and attention to the environment
Neurological Status: Cranial Sensory/Motor Function— Ability of the cranial nerves to convey sensory and motor impulses
Neurological Status: Spinal Sensory/Motor Function— Ability of the spinal nerves to convey sensory and motor impulses
Newborn Adaptation— Adaptive response to the extrauterine environment by a physiologically mature newborn during the first 28 days
Nutritional Status— Extent to which nutrients are available to meet metabolic needs
Nutritional Status: Biochemical Measures— Body fluid components and chemical indices of nutritional status
Nutritional Status: Energy— Extent to which nutrients and oxygen provide cellular energy
Nutritional Status: Food and Fluid Intake— Amount of food and fluid taken into the body over a 24-hour period
Nutritional Status: Nutrient Intake— Adequacy of usual pattern of nutrient intake
Oral Hygiene— Condition of the mouth, teeth, gums, and tongue
Ostomy Self-Care— Personal actions to maintain ostomy for elimination
Pain: Adverse Psychological Response— Severity of observed or reported adverse cognitive and emotional responses to physical pain
Pain Control— Personal actions to control pain
Pain: Disruptive Effects— Severity of observed or reported disruptive effects of chronic pain on daily functioning
Pain Level— Severity of observed or reported pain
Parent-Infant Attachment— Parent and infant behaviors that demonstrate an enduring affectionate bond
Parenting Performance— Parental actions taken to provide a child a nurturing and constructive physical, emotional, and social environment
Parenting: Adolescent Physical Safety— Parental actions to avoid physical injury in an adolescent from 12 years through 17 years of age
Parenting: Early/Middle Childhood Physical Safety— Parental actions to avoid physical injury of a child from 3 years through 11 years of age
Parenting: Infant/Toddler Physical Safety— Parental actions to avoid physical injury to a child from birth through 2 years of age
Parenting: Pyschosocial Safety— Parental actions to protect a child from social contacts that might cause harm or injury
Participation in Health Care Decisions— Personal involvement in selecting and evaluating health care options to achieve desired outcome
Personal Autonomy— Personal actions of a competent individual to exercise governance in life decisions
Personal Health Status— Overall physical, psychological, social, and spiritual functioning of an adult 18 years or older
Personal Safety Behavior— Personal actions of an adult to control behaviors that can cause physical injury
Personal Well-Being— An individual’s expressed satisfaction with health status
Physical Aging— Normal physical changes that occur with the natural aging process
Physical Fitness— Performance of physical activities with vigor
Physical Injury Severity— Severity of injuries from accidents and trauma
Physical Maturation: Female— Normal physical changes in the female that occur with the transition from childhood to adulthood
Physical Maturation: Male— Normal physical changes in the male that occur with the transition from childhood to adulthood
Play Participation— Use of activities by a child from 1 year through 11 years of age to promote enjoyment, entertainment, and development
Postprocedure Recovery Status— Extent to which an individual returns to baseline function following a procedure(s) requiring anesthesia or sedation
Prenatal Health Behavior— Personal actions to promote a healthy pregnancy and a healthy newborn
Preterm Infant Organization— Extrauterine integration of physiologic and behavioral function by the infant born 24 to 37 (term) weeks of gestation
Psychomotor Energy— Personal drive and energy to maintain activities of daily living, nutrition, and personal safety
Psychosocial Adjustment: Life Change— Adaptive psychosocial response of an individual to a significant life change
Quality of Life— Extent of positive perception of current life circumstances
Respiratory Status: Airway Patency— Open, clear tracheobronchial passages for air exchange
Respiratory Status: Gas Exchange— Alveolar exchange of CO₂ or O₂ to maintain arterial blood gas concentrations
Respiratory Status: Ventilation— Movement of air in and out of the lungs
Rest— Quantity and pattern of diminished activity for mental and physical rejuvenation
Risk Control— Personal actions to prevent, eliminate, or reduce modifiable health threats
Risk Control: Alcohol Use— Personal actions to prevent, eliminate, or reduce alcohol use that poses a threat to health
Risk Control: Cancer— Personal actions to detect or reduce the threat of cancer
Risk Control: Cardiovascular Health— Personal actions to eliminate or reduce threats to cardiovascular health
Risk Control: Drug Use— Personal actions to prevent, eliminate, or reduce drug use that poses a threat to health
Risk Control: Hearing Impairment— Personal actions to prevent, eliminate, or reduce threats to hearing function
Risk Control: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)— Personal actions to prevent, eliminate, or reduce behaviors associated with sexually transmitted disease
Risk Control: Tobacco Use— Personal actions to prevent, eliminate, or reduce tobacco use
Risk Control: Unintended Pregnancy— Personal actions to prevent or reduce the possibility of unintended pregnancy
Risk Control: Visual Impairment— Personal actions to prevent, eliminate, or reduce the threats to visual function
Risk Detection— Personal actions to identify personal health threats
Role Performance— Congruence of an individual’s role behavior with role expectations
Safe Home Environment— Physical arrangements to minimize environmental factors that might cause physical harm or injury in the home
Seizure Control— Personal actions to reduce or minimize the occurrence of seizure episodes
Self-Care Status— Ability to perform basic personal care activities and household tasks
Self-Care: Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)— Ability to perform the most basic physical tasks and personal care activities independently with or without assistive device
Self-Care: Bathing— Ability to cleanse own body independently with or without assistive device
Self-Care: Dressing— Ability to dress oneself independently with or without assistive device
Self-Care: Eating— Ability to prepare and ingest food and fluid independently with or without assistive device
Self-Care: Hygiene— Ability to maintain own personal cleanliness and kept appearance independently with or without assistive device
Self-Care: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)— Ability to perform activities needed to function in the home or community independently with or without assistive device
Self-Care: Nonparenteral Medication— Ability to administer oral and topical medications to meet therapeutic goals independently with or without assistive device
Self-Care: Oral Hygiene— Ability to care for own mouth and teeth independently with or without assistive device
Self-Care: Parenteral Medication— Ability to administer parenteral medications to meet therapeutic goals independently with or without assistive device
Self-Care: Toileting— Ability to toilet self independently with or without assistive device
Self-Direction of Care— Care recipient actions taken to direct others who assist with or perform physical tasks and personal health care
Self-Esteem— Personal judgment of self-worth
Self-Mutilation Restraint— Personal actions to refrain from intentional self-inflicted injury (nonlethal)
Sensory Function Status— Extent to which an individual correctly perceives skin stimulation, sounds, proprioception, taste and smell, and visual images
Sensory Function: Cutaneous— Extent to which stimulation of the skin is correctly sensed
Sensory Function: Hearing— Extent to which sounds are correctly sensed
Sensory Function: Proprioception— Extent to which the position and movement of the head and body are correctly sensed
Sensory Function: Taste and Smell— Extent to which chemicals inhaled or dissolved in saliva are correctly sensed
Sensory Function: Vision— Extent to which visual images are correctly sensed
Sexual Functioning— Integration of physical, socioemotional, and intellectual aspects of sexual expression and performance
Sexual Identity— Acknowledgment and acceptance of own sexual identity
Skeletal Function— Ability of the bones to support the body and facilitate movement
Sleep— Natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the body is restored
Social Interaction Skills— Personal behaviors that promote effective relationships
Social Involvement— Social interactions with persons, groups, or organizations
Social Support— Perceived availability and actual provision of reliable assistance from others
Spiritual Health— Connectedness with self, others, higher power, all life, nature, and the universe that transcends and empowers the self
Stress Level— Severity of manifested physical or mental tension resulting form factors that alter an existing equilibrium
Student Health Status— Physical, cognitive/emotional, and social status of school age children that contribute to school attendance, participation in school activities, and ability to learn
Substance Addiction Consequences— Severity of change in health status and social functioning due to substance addiction
Suffering Severity— Severity of anguish associated with a distressing symptom, injury, or loss that has potential long-term effects
Suicide Self-Restraint— Personal actions to refrain from gestures and attempts at killing self
Swallowing Status— Safe passage of fluids and/or solids from the mouth to the stomach
Swallowing Status: Esophageal Phase— Safe passage of fluids and/or solids from the pharynx to the stomach
Swallowing Status: Oral Phase— Preparation, containment, and posterior movement of fluids and/or solids in the mouth
Swallowing Status: Pharyngeal Phase— Safe passage of fluids and/or solids from the mouth to the esophagus
Symptom Control— Personal actions to minimize perceived adverse changes in physical and emotional functioning
Symptom Severity— Severity of perceived adverse changes in physical, emotional, and social functioning
Symptom Severity: Perimenopause— Severity of symptoms caused by declining hormonal levels
Symptom Severity: Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)— Severity of symptoms caused by cyclic hormonal fluctuations
Systemic Toxin Clearance: Dialysis— Clearance of toxins from the body with peritoneal or hemodialysis
Thermoregulation— Balance among heat production, heat gain, and heat loss
Thermoregulation: Newborn— Balance among heat production, heat gain, and heat loss during the first 28 days of life
Tissue Integrity: Skin and Mucous Membranes— Structural intactness and normal physiological function of skin and mucous membranes
Tissue Perfusion: Abdominal Organs— Adequacy of blood flow through the small vessels of the abdominal viscera to maintain organ function
Tissue Perfusion: Cardiac— Adequacy of blood flow through the coronary vasculature to maintain heart function
Tissue Perfusion: Cerebral— Adequacy of blood flow through the cerebral vasculature to maintain brain function
Tissue Perfusion: Peripheral— Adequacy of blood flow through the small vessels of the extremities to maintain tissue function
Tissue Perfusion: Pulmonary— Adequacy of blood flow through pulmonary vasculature to perfuse alveoli/capillary unit
Transfer Performance— Ability to change body location independently with or without assistive device
Treatment Behavior: Illness or Injury— Personal actions to palliate or eliminate pathology
Urinary Continence— Control of the elimination of urine from the bladder
Urinary Elimination— Collection and discharge or urine
Vision Compensation Behavior— Personal actions to compensate for visual impairment
Vital Signs— Extent to which temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure are within normal range
Weight: Body Mass— Extent to which body weight, muscle, and fat are congruent to height, frame, gender, and age
Weight Control— Personal actions to achieve and maintain optimum body weight
Will to Live— Desire, determination, and effort to survive
Wound Healing: Primary Intention— Extent of regeneration of cells and tissues following intentional closure
Wound Healing: Secondary Intention— Extent of regeneration of cells and tissues in an open wound

SOURCE: Moorhead, S, Johnson, M, and Maas, M: Nursing Outcomes Classification, ed. 3, Mosby, St. Louis, 2004, with permission.