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Grants for Valuable Nursing Informatics Research

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By: Rachel Moehl

Published: 5/18/2023

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The Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS) – first published by AORN in 1999 – is the standardized nursing language used by perioperative nurses. (If you’re reading this article about research grants for nursing informatics, you probably already know this.) It’s also the foundation for how we at AORN Syntegrity® create and standardize documentation used in the operating room.

In the years since the PNDS was published, much has changed. ORs have seen new technology come and go; and most perioperative teams function from procedures and documentation contained in electronic health records (EHR) systems, which may or may not be mapped to the PNDS. (That’s where we come in!)

Why supporting informatics research is in our DNA?

At AORN Syntegrity, our EHR perioperative documentation solution is coupled with AORN’s PNDS. We are champions for using the PNDS because we know it is essential to demonstrate the value of perioperative nurses and support evidence-based practice and research.

We also champion the E Guidelines + recommendation as follows:

Use structured vocabularies inclusive of the nursing process workflow with discrete representation of each phase of the perioperative patient care continuum (ie, preadmission, preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative) in physical and electronic perioperative documentation.

In order to continue to innovate and advance the PNDS as a vital tool for perioperative teams, we rely on research about our nursing language (our concepts, our vernacular and more).

Does your research demonstrate the value of the PNDS?

If you are committed to developing the science of perioperative nursing – specifically the PNDS, we want to hear from you. We’re sponsoring two $10,000 grants for research demonstrating the value of the PNDS. Applications will be accepted through August 31, 2023. Funding will be awarded in November 2023.

We know from experience that when documentation is standardized across departments and facilities, it enables perioperative professionals to properly identify and use best practices. Help us continue this trend with new informatics research. Apply now.

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