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Proposal to Bring Nursing Into the Information Age |
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| Authors: | Iowa Intervaention Project |
| Affiliation: | The Iowa Intervention Project;research team at the University of Iowa developed the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). When this paper was drafted, members of the team were Joanne McCloskey and Gloria Bulechek, Co-PIS, Martha Craft-Rosenberg, Jeanette Daly, Janice Denehy, Orpha Click, Tom Kruckeberg, Meridean Maas, Colleen Prophet, Marita Titler, Toni Tripp-Reimer, George Woodworth, Laurie Ackerman, Ida Androwich, Patricia Button, Joan Carter, Mary Clarke, Gloria Dorr, Deb Eaganhouse, Keela Herr, Mary Kanak, Gail Keenan, Sang-Wook Kim, Vicki Klaus, Peg Mehmert, Paula Mobily, Sue Moorhead, Barbara Rakel, Margaret Simons, Vicki Steelman, Mary Tarbox, Bonnie Wakefield, Young-Hee Yom, William Donahue, Sally Blackmon, and Marci Cordaro. We thank the nurses who have participated in the specification of the model and related issues from the following agencies: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA;Oaknoll Long Term Care Agency, Iowa City, IA.;Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, IA;Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH;and Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Copyright for Figure 1 i s retained by the research team. |
| Abstract: | Purpose: To address issues related to documentation of nursing care and propose a model that illustrates how nursing practice data, collected through the use of standardized languages, are useful to staff nurses, nurse administrators, researchers, and policy makers. Significance: Obtaining information about nursing practice is critical in times of health care change and reform. Conclusions: There are three main challenges: the level of detail to document, the inclusion of nursing language in critical paths, and the need for articulation among different nursing classifications. Implications: With recent advances in nursing classifications, the documentation systems in nursing can now be improved and much of the previous waste and redundancy eliminated. |
| Keywords: | documentation classification computer/information systems nursing minimum data set |