Copyright © 2006 Diane Huber and Connie Delaney. Used with permission. 77271-5
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 77271-5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Copyright © 2006 Diane Huber and Connie Delaney. Used with permission. | ||
| description | The average number of nurses by job position in a unit or service is obtained by adding the nurses by position at the beginning and end of the period and dividing by two. | ||
| status | ACTIVE | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Mean number of nursing staff | ||
| property | Num = Number | ||
| time | RptPeriod^mean RptPeriod = Reporting period mean = Mean: Mean (average) of all of the values observed on the interval | ||
| system | {Nursing unit}.{Job position} | ||
| scale | Qn = Quantitative: The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form "7", "-7", "7.4", "-7.4", "7.8912", "0.125", "<10", "<10.15", ">12000", 1-10, 1:256 | ||
| method | NMMDS | ||
Additional Names | |||
| short name | Average; Avg; Cnt; Count; No; Num; Number; Nursing Management Minimum Data Set; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Report period; Survey; SURVEY.NMMDS | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | SURVEY.NMMDS | ||
| type | 4 Surveys | ||
| formula (readable) | Average number of nursing staff = (Count of nurses by position at the beginning + Count of nurses by position at the end of the reporting period)/2 | ||
| example UCUM units | # The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org) | ||
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History/Usage | |||
| first released | NMMDS | ||
| last updated | 2.58 | ||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||
| change reason | {#} | ||
Related Names | |||
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