Nursing Minimum Datasets in Long-Term Care Settings: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Standardized and structured data collection is necessary in the health care sector to advance nursing research, enable the comparison of practice-based data, and optimize the potential of technological innovations and digitalization. This can be supported by nursing minimum datasets (NMDSs).

Objective

This scoping review aims to present the state of research on NMDSs in long-term care settings.

Methods

Articles addressing NMDSs in long-term care published in the PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, or Digital Bibliography & Library Project databases up to September 2024 were included. Additionally, forward and backward citation tracking and manual searches of original records were conducted. All types of articles were included, with no time limit, and the articles had t

SUBMITTER: Milkov S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12521810 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature