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The Nursing Minimum Data Set: Abstraction tool for standardized, comparable, essential data

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  • Werley, H.H.
  • Devine, E.C.
  • Zorn, C.R.
  • Ryan, P.
  • Westra, B.L.

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The Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) represents the first attempt to standardize the collection of essential nursing data. These minimum core data, used on a regular basis by the majority of nurses in the delivery of care across settings, can provide an accurate description of nursing diagnoses, nursing care, and nursing resources used. Collected on an ongoing basis, a standardized nursing data base will enable nurses to compare data across populations, settings, geographic areas, and time. Public health nurses will be able to evaluate and compare services. The purpose of this article is to discuss briefly the following aspects of the NMDS: background including definition, purposes, and elements; availability and reliability of the data; benefits; implications of the NMDS with emphasis on nursing research; and health policy decision making.

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  • Werley, H.H. & Devine, E.C. & Zorn, C.R. & Ryan, P. & Westra, B.L., 1991. "The Nursing Minimum Data Set: Abstraction tool for standardized, comparable, essential data," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 81(4), pages 421-426.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1991:81:4:421-426_5
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    1. Roisin Morris & Padraig MacNeela & Anne Scott & Margaret P Treacy & Abbey Hyde & Anne Matthews & Todd Morrison & Jonathan Drennan & Anne Byrne, 2010. "The Irish nursing minimum data set for mental health – a valid and reliable tool for the collection of standardised nursing data," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(3‐4), pages 359-367, February.
    2. Federica Dellafiore & Rosario Caruso & Michela Cossu & Sara Russo & Irene Baroni & Serena Barello & Ida Vangone & Marta Acampora & Gianluca Conte & Arianna Magon & Alessandro Stievano & Cristina Arrig, 2022. "The State of the Evidence about the Family and Community Nurse: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-16, April.
    3. Lianne Jeffs & Asa Muntlin Athlin & Jack Needleman & Debra Jackson & Alison Kitson, 2018. "Building the foundation to generate a fundamental care standardised data set," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(11-12), pages 2481-2488, June.

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