NURSING MINIMUM DATA SETS

BY: Filamae Jayahr V. Caday, RN

• a classification system which allows for the
standardized collection of essential nursing data.
The collected data are meant to provide an
accurate description of the nursing process used
when providing nursing care. The NMDS allow
for the analysis and comparison of nursing data
across populations, settings, geographic areas,
and time.
• NANDA International (formerly the North
American Nursing Diagnosis Association) is a
professional organization of nurses standardized
nursing terminology that was officially founded in
1982 and develops, researches, disseminates and
refines the nomenclature, criteria, and taxonomy
of nursing diagnoses.
• The Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
is a classification system which describes patient
outcomes sensitive to nursing intervention. The
NOC is a system to evaluate the effects of nursing
care as a part of the nursing process.
• The Nursing Interventions Classification
(NIC) is a care classification system which
describes the activities that nurses perform as a
part of the planning phase of the nursing process
associate with the creation of a nursing care
plan.
• the Omaha System is a standardized health
care terminology consisting of an assessment
component (Problem Classification Scheme), an
intervention component (Intervention Scheme),
and an outcomes component (Problem Rating
Scale for Outcomes).