PNDS Dashboard Application & Required Fields
Thank you for your interest in participating in the PNDS Benchmark Database Project.
To participate in the project you must be an AORN member, must have access to the required data, and agree to input this data for each month. The period for data entry is 5 months after the last day of a month.
Once you have completed the entire application process, starting with the onine form below, and the confidentiality agreement has been signed by the designated person in your organization, your facility is officially part of the project. You and your facility remain part of the project until you let us know in writing you wish to withdraw. Only one person per facility can participate in this project. All passwords and log-in information for a facility are directly attached to the applicant, so if you change your place of employment, you must notify AORN so arrangements can be made to protect the facility's confidential information.
Required Data Fields
The following are the data fields in the PNDS Benchmark
Database. The asterisks indicate the fields that are
mandatory. You must have access to the
mandatory fields in order to participate in the project.
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Staffing |
Case Stats |
Financial Data |
Clinical PI |
Operational PI |
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* # Budgeted RN * Direct care givers * # Budgeted RN Indirect Care Givers * # Budgeted Surgical Technicians * # of Filled Positions RN Direct Care Givers * # of Filled Positions RN Indirect Care Givers * # of Filled Positions Surgical Technicians # CNOR # RNFA |
* # of cases * Minutes of Surgery * Emergent Returns to Surgery * Average turnover time (minutes) * # 1 st case starts |
* Total employee salary expense Clinical salary expense Ancillary staff expense Contract/agency expense Cost of goods sold (COGS) * Total Supply costs Charge revenue (Supply) * Total revenue |
* Incorrect counts * Medication errors * Transfusion reactions * Patient positioning injuries * # of Cases audited for evidence of surgical side/site verification process * # of cases with missing or incomplete side/site verification # of charts audited for pain documentation # of charts with missing or incomplete pain documentation # of charts audited for meeting pain goals # of charts with pain goal not met # charts audited for preoperative education documentation # of charts with missing or incomplete education documentation |
* of Charts with missing or incomplete consents * of Charts with missing or incomplete H&Ps * # of 1st Case delays * # of Case cancellations (same day) * # of Flash cycles * # of Incomplete or incorrect case carts * # of employee injuries |
Complete the online application below to begin the application process.