Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS) and Syntegrity Standardized Perioperative Framework (SPF)
AORN has taken the lead in developing and promoting the Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS), a standardized language that facilitates the documentation and evaluation of the care provided by perioperative nurses. Now, AORN has embarked on an initiative to create a standardized perioperative framework (SPF) that will be integrated into perioperative information systems and incorporates the PNDS.
Read below to learn about the history, model, and benefits of the PNDS, as well as its use in benchmarking.
PNDS Overview
The Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS) is the first of its kind: a standardized nursing vocabulary that addresses the perioperative patient experience from pre-admission until discharge. As a nursing language, PNDS is parsimonious, validated, reliable, and useful for clinical practice.
Developed by members of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), PNDS has been developed by nurses for nurses. It is the recognized language of perioperative nursing. It has been recognized by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as an official nursing language, mapped in SNOMED, registered with HL7, listed in the National Library of Medicine UMLS metatarsus, and mapped to ICNP.
PNDS has recently been refined and revised as a result of changes in practice, regulation and accreditation changes, feedback from users, and development of the AORN SYNTEGRITYTM Standardized Perioperative Framework. The 3rd edition of PNDS highlights the perioperative nursing workflow and plan of care, demonstrates the link between standards, recommended practices and PNDS, and demonstrates the relationships of nursing interventions to patient outcomes.
The PNDS can serve many purposes, depending on the audience and user. A few examples of these potential uses include:
- Providing a framework to standardize documentation
- Providing a universal language for perioperative nursing practice and education
- Assisting in the measurement and evaluation of patient care outcomes
- Providing a foundation for perioperative nursing research and evaluation of patient outcomes
- Informing decisions about the relationship of staffing to patient outcomes
- Providing data about the contributions of nurses to patient outcomes in the perioperative arena
PNDS Publications from AORN
Learn more with the new Perioperative Nursing Data Set publication, available through the AORN Perioperative Bookstore. The book introduces the perioperative nursing vocabulary, describes the origins of the language and conceptual model, describes the perioperative workflow, and offers a conversion table for converting to the updated PNDS.
For PNDS questions, call 800-755-2676, Ext. 579, or send an e-mail to pnds@aorn.org.