Sharable and Comparable Data for Nursing Management.
Nurse leaders and researchers are challenged by the need for sharable and comparable data on the nursing workforce and the processes of patient care. This is significant, as nursing is the largest health care workforce, with significant operational costs. The Nursing Management Minimum Data Set provides a core set of data elements to compare nursing practice across time, diverse health care settings, and geographical areas. Nursing leaders from practice, association, academic, consulting, and industry settings were interviewed to provide perspectives on how the use of standardized data sets can be useful for the profession.
Cerner Corporation, Kansas City (Ms Garcia); Barbara Caspers Associates, Greater Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota (Ms Caspers); and Center for Nursing Informatics (Dr Westra) and School of Nursing (Ms Pruinelli and Dr Delaney), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Amy
A
Garcia
Barbara
B
Caspers
Bonnie
B
Westra
Lisianne
L
Pruinelli
Connie
C
Delaney
D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008910:Minnesota; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*