A crosswalk between the Omaha System and guiding undergraduate public health nursing education documents

Abstract

The Omaha System is the hallmark evidence-based clinical information management system used in nursing education, research, and practice. Multiple education documents guide public health workforce preparation. This qualitative study identified similarities and gaps between the Omaha System and seven guiding documents commonly used by nurse educators. A crosswalk design was employed. The setting was virtually based using online technology. Recommendations are for public health nurse educators to update their teaching practices using evidence-based approaches.

Association of Community Health Nursing Educators 2020 Research Priorities and Research in Action Model

“…Nursing leads in this effort through a variety of guiding educational documents including the QCC C/PHN competencies that outline detailed skills and knowledge required for public health nursing practice at all levels (Joyce et al., 2018). In 2019, the ACHNE Research Subcommittee Mentoring Group 1 completed a crosswalk between several of the undergraduate public health nursing education documents and found that all such documents emphasize advancing population health within safe systems of care (Stalter et al., 2019). Key concepts involve patients, families and communities as full partners in care, preventing disease and eliminating disparity, interprofessional collaboration, EBP, quality improvement, lifelong learning, leadership, mentoring, and technology.…”

Research Types and New Trends on the Omaha System Published From 2012 to 2019

“…Such research has counted, categorized, or mapped data by corresponding them to the OS coding rule. Such research includes analysis of education documentation, 19 clinical guidelines, 20 and descriptions of health records 23 …”

“…Research articles classified under the "others" category had the following six new subtypes: "use the OS data for assessment for those other than clients," 15 "use the OS data as structured data," 16 "encode by the OS code," [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] "adopt the OS framework," 29-37 "clinical information system," [38][39][40][41][42][43] and "review article." 9,44,45 A reference list included in each type is listed as supplemental digital content for this study (see Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/CIN/A145).…”

Using a quality improvement model to enhance community/public health nursing education

“…Using the Problem Rating Scale for Outcomes with the Problem Classification Scheme and Intervention Scheme creates a comprehensive problem‐solving model for practice, education, and research. Specifically, from an educational perspective, standardized terminology can be used to track student outcomes, analyze learning outcomes and define educational needs for student advancement (Stalter et al, ; Topaz, Radhakrishnan, Masterson, & Bowles, ).…”