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[International Nursing Minimum Data Set: a comparative study with tools of a pediatric clinic]

Daniela Karina Antão Marques, Gabriela Lisieux Lima de Souza, Amanda Benício da Silva

    Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem
    |October 2, 2014
    PubMed

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    This study compared the International Nursing Minimum Data Set (i-NMDS) with pediatric nursing assessment tools. Findings show current tools incompletely capture i-NMDS data, highlighting a need for improved standardization in pediatric nursing documentation.

    Area of Science:

    • Nursing
    • Health Informatics
    • Pediatric Care

    Background:

    • Systematization of Nursing Care is crucial in pediatric clinics.
    • Existing nursing clinical assessment tools may not fully align with standardized data sets.
    • The International Nursing Minimum Data Set (i-NMDS) aims to standardize nursing data.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To compare the comprehensiveness of the i-NMDS with data captured by current nursing clinical assessment tools in a pediatric setting.
    • To evaluate the alignment of pediatric nursing assessment instruments with the i-NMDS for children and teenagers.

    Main Methods:

    • A descriptive and comparative study was conducted.
    • Two historical nursing clinical assessment tools from a pediatric teaching hospital clinic were analyzed.
    • The study compared the i-NMDS items against the data points within these tools.

    Main Results:

    • The nursing assessment tool for hospitalized teenagers included 12 out of 16 (75%) i-NMDS items.
    • The tool for children aged 0-5 years included 7 out of 16 (43.75%) i-NMDS items.
    • Neither tool fully incorporated all i-NMDS data elements.

    Conclusions:

    • Current nursing clinical assessment tools in pediatric care do not entirely encompass the i-NMDS.
    • Improvements are needed in developing pediatric nursing assessment tools.
    • Standardized nursing language is recommended for planning, documentation, and measuring practice outcomes.

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