As a nurse manager in a multisite facility,you are comparing the effectiveness of prompted voiding training programs for staff by examining the effect of prompted voiding on the frequency of incontinence in patients.To do this,you access an NMDS,which allows you to
A) retrieve standardized information regarding patient care and trends.
B) access medical diagnoses and pharmacologic interventions.
C) learn sociodemographic and population-based trends.
D) find information on public funding and private health insurance revenues.

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Although there continues to be inconsistency in nursing language,the NMDS defines essential nursing data to be collected for all patients that enable comparison of patient data,description of patient care,determination of trends,stimulation of nursing research,and provision of nursing data to influence decision-making.

As a Nurse Manager in a Multisite Facility,you Are Comparing