Hands-on Automated Nursing Data System (HANDS) Project

The project involves multiple disciplines and is directed at refining an automated methodology for collecting a valid and reliable nursing data set across the continuum of care. The HANDS team has created an automated tool that is a prototype system for capturing and retrieving a standardized nursing data set. The term sets used in the tool to capture the nursing data elements of diagnosis, interventions, and outcomes are respectively NANDA, NOC, and NIC. Multiple research methods are being used to refine the methodology for capturing a reliable and meaningful clinical nursing data set across settings under actual use conditions. The research will involve testing in numerous clinical settings to ensure method is universal for all types of care. Project URL: http://www.umich.edu/~handsmi/index.htm.

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