Using the nursing minimum data set for the Netherlands (NMDSN) to illustrate differences in patient populations and variations in nursing activities

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-257

  Goossen, William T F ^a   Epping, Paul J M M ^b   Feuth, Ton ^c   Van Den Heuvel, Wim J A ^e   Hasman, Arie ^e   Dassen, Theo W N ^d  

^a Acquest Consultancy BV   (Netherlands)

^b Health Care Systems   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Diversity and variability in hospital care; Nursing diagnoses; Nursing interventions; Nursing minimum data set; Ridit analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035379998     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(00)00075-4     Document Type: Article

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