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
ANS: 3
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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