The Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) is a collection of established uniform standards for collecting data
It includes the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International (NAN-DA-I)-approved list of nursing diagnoses as well as other sources of nursing language. What is the advantage of the NMDS to the patient?
a. Data can be entered from multiple sources into the patient's record.
b. Nurses must be able to speak and under-stand English.
c. Nurses must know all the NANDA diag-noses.
d. Patient receives a daily update of charges.
ANS: A
The goal of NMDS is to allow for data collected from other sources, such as blood glucose mon-itoring devices, ventilators, and monitors, to be downloaded into the patient record. The lan-guage referred to is the nomenclature used in the practice of nursing and not English. Option C is not necessary to memorize the NANDA diagnoses. Option D is not true.
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