Terminology: Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

Page last updated February 3, 2006

Description

Minimum set of items of information with uniform definitions and categories concerning the specific dimension of professional nursing, which meets the information needs of multiple data users in the health care system.

Contact Information For Nursing Content: Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI Co-PI, NMMDS School of Nursing 5-160 Weaver Densford Hall The University of Minnesota 308 Harvard Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: 612-624-5959 Fax: 612-624-3174 E-mail: Delaney@umn.edu For Licenses: Not applicable

Latest Version Not Applicable Number of Nursing Terms Nursing diagnosis, nursing intervention, nursing outcome, intensity of nursing care

Relationship of NMDS to Other ANA Recognized Terminologies and Data Element Sets
Served as foundational framework for development of more detailed terminologies

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