title: Using nursing interventions classification as a framework to revise the Belgian nursing minimum data set.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop the revised Belgian nursing minimum data set (B-NMDS).
  
  
  METHODS
  The Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC, 2nd edition) was used as a framework. Six expert nurse panels (cardiology, oncology, intensive care, pediatrics, geriatrics, chronic care) were consulted. Seventy-nine panelists completed standardized e-mail questionnaires and discussed results in face-to-face meetings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We initially selected 256 of 433 NIC interventions. After panel discussions, plenary meetings, and pretesting, the revised B-NMDS (alpha version) contained 79 items covering 22 NIC classes and 196 NIC interventions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Consensus building promoted acceptance of the B-NMDS, while the NIC provided a good theoretical basis and guaranteed international comparability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The revised B-NMDS instrument can be used to visualize nursing activities in different applications (e.g., financing, staffing allocation).
authors: Nursing Competence Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. vandenheede@med.kuleuven.be
authors: Koen
authors: K
authors: Van den Heede
authors: Dominik
authors: D
authors: Michiels
authors: Olivier
authors: O
authors: Thonon
authors: Walter
authors: W
authors: Sermeus
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D016208:Databases, Factual; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires