Nursing Minimum Data Set

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The Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) is a classification system which allows for the standardized collection of essential nursing data. The collected data are meant to provide an accurate description of nursing diagnoses, nursing care, and nursing resources used when providing patient care. The NMDS allow for the analysis and comparison of nursing data across populations, settings, geographic areas, and time.

[edit] See also

• Effective therapeutic regimen management
• Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)

[edit] References

• H H Werley, E C Devine, C R Zorn, P Ryan and B L Westra, The Nursing Minimum Data Set: abstraction tool for standardized, comparable, essential data, American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 81, Issue 4 421-426
• C A Williams, The Nursing Minimum Data Set: a major priority for public health nursing but not a panacea, Am J Public Health. 1991 April; 81(4): 413–414.

[edit] External links

• Nursing Minimum Data Set for School Nursing Practice