The Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) was designed to:
a. determine differences in care delivery between the holder of an associate degree in nursing and a bachelor's of science in nursing.
b. evaluate the nursing language of NAN-DA, Nursing Interventions Classification, and Nursing Outcomes Classification.
c. provide data for leaders to make decisions about staffing patterns.
d. standardize the collection of nursing data across populations.
D
The formulation of the NMDS was an effort to standardize the collection of essential nursing information for comparison of nursing data across patient populations.
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