Describing parish nurse practice using the Nursing Minimum Data Set. Public Health Nurs 1999 Dec;16(6):412-6
Date
01/05/2000Pubmed ID
10620251DOI
10.1046/j.1525-1446.1999.00412.xScopus ID
2-s2.0-0033251603 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 23 CitationsAbstract
The purpose of this study was to describe parish nurses practice using the framework of the Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS). Nineteen parish nurses practicing in 22 faith communities collected data using standardized nursing classification systems (North American Nursing Diagnosis Association [NANDA] Taxonomy and Nursing Intervention Classification [NIC]). A database was developed for quantitative analysis. Nurses recorded 1,557 encounters for services provided to 776 individuals. Over the period studied, the nurses recorded 1,730 nursing diagnoses and 3,451 nursing interventions. The most frequent nursing diagnoses and nursing interventions are reported and emphasized health promotion and illness prevention. The parish nurse roles of educator, counselor, referral agent, and advocate/facilitator, described in the literature, were consistent with the findings of this study. A focus group of the parish nurses provided validation of the results of the database descriptions of practice. The nurses also identified issues related to the use of NANDA and NIC in documenting practice.
Author List
Coenen A, Weis DM, Schank MJ, Matheus RAuthor
Amy Coenen PhD Professor in the Nursing department at University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
ChristianityCommunity Health Nursing
Female
Focus Groups
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing Care
Nursing Diagnosis
Pastoral Care
Religion and Medicine
