Outcomes: Expected and Actual

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Definition

The CCC of Nursing Diagnoses use three Outcome qualifiers to document and code the Expected Outcome and/or Actual Outcomes. The three qualifiers represent three possible conditions.

The three qualifiers were derived from the diagnostic statements that were collected on admission and on discharge and that were considered to be another facet of the statement. As a result, the expected outcome and/or actual outcome was created by using one of the three qualifiers as the expected outcome or goal on the admission of a patient and evaluated as the actual outcome on discharge making it possible to measure and/or evaluate the care process. The interventions and action types provide the evidence for measuring the outcomes. For more information, please visit the "Diagnoses" and "Framework" sections of this website.

Code	Outcome	Definition
1	Improve(d)	Condition changed and/or recovered
2	Stabilize(d)	Condition did not change and required no further care to maintain condition.
3	Deteriorate(d)	Condition changed and worsened