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Towards a nursing minimum data set for Ireland: making Irish nursing visible.

Michelle Butler1, Margaret Treacy, Anne Scott

  • 1School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. michelle.butler@ucd.ie

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|July 27, 2006
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This study identified key patient problems, nursing interventions, and outcomes for Ireland's nursing minimum data set. New indirect interventions and organizational activities were discovered, enhancing patient care documentation.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Informatics
  • Health Services Research
  • Clinical Data Management

Background:

  • Development of a nursing minimum data set (NMDS) in Ireland was initiated in 2002.
  • An NMDS captures essential patient problems, nursing interventions, and outcomes for patient care documentation.
  • Existing NMDSs are utilized globally for workforce planning, financing, patient profiling, and trend forecasting.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify patient problems, nursing interventions, and nursing outcomes for inclusion in an Irish nursing minimum data set.
  • To empirically generate an initial list of items for the Irish NMDS.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative data collection through eleven focus groups with 59 registered general nurses.
  • Quantitative data analysis from 45 sets of nursing records to examine nurses' recordings.

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  • Research conducted between January 2003 and April 2004.

    • Main Results:

    • Identified patient problems, nursing interventions, and outcomes comparable to existing NMDSs.
    • Discovered several novel items and categories, validating the empirical approach.
    • Nursing records revealed inconsistencies between nurses' perceptions and actual documentation practices.

    Conclusions:

    • The study identified new categories of indirect nursing interventions and management activities.
    • These findings contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of nursing's contribution to patient care.
    • Further testing will refine the Irish nursing minimum data set incorporating these new elements.