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Exploring the nursing minimum data set for The Netherlands using multidimensional scaling techniques.

A M Griens1, W T Goossen, W A Van der Kloot

  • 1Acquest Consultancy, Koudekerk aan den Rijn, The Netherlands. acquest@acquest.net

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|September 14, 2001
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A nursing minimum data set (NMDS) analysis revealed three core dimensions of patient problems and nursing interventions in Dutch hospitals. These findings support the content validity of the NMDS for nursing data collection.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Science
  • Health Informatics

Background:

  • A Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) was developed and validated for Dutch general hospitals to systematically collect nursing data.
  • The NMDS aims to provide insights into nursing care, its benefits, and costs by describing patient populations and nursing activities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore and compare the fundamental underlying dimensions of patient problems and nursing interventions within Dutch general hospital wards.
  • To identify key factors differentiating nursing care across various hospital settings.

Main Methods:

  • Data collected via the NMDS from 15 Dutch hospital wards were analyzed.
  • RIDIT analysis transformed nominal and ordinal data into metric data.
  • Multidimensional scaling was employed to analyze the transformed data and identify underlying dimensions.

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Main Results:

  • Multidimensional scaling identified a three-dimensional solution for the NMDS data.
  • Distinct dimensions of patient problems (dependency, life-threatening, endogenous-exogenous) and nursing interventions (cure-care, internal-external orientation, psychosocial-physical) were identified.
  • Hospital wards were distinguishable based on prevalent patient problems and nursing interventions.

Conclusions:

  • The identified constructs align with previous NMDS findings in Belgium and practical observations, supporting their content validity.
  • Limitations include the underrepresentation of certain hospital ward types, affecting overall representativeness.
  • A relatively small patient sample size across the 15 wards was noted.