The Omaha System was designed to guide practice decisions, sort and document pertinent client data uniformly, and provide a framework for agency-wide, multidisciplinary clinical information. One of the goals of the Omaha System is to:
1. Define each health care provider's role
2. Use nursing diagnoses in community health nursing practice
3. Foster collaborative practice
4. Allow practitioners a way to communicate with each other
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The goals are to develop a structured and comprehensive system that could be both understood and used by members of various disciplines and to foster collaborative practice.
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