Articulating the value-added dimension of NP care.

Collecting standardized data to describe advanced nursing practice is imperative to define the value-added component of nurse practitioner (NP) care. This article describes NPs in a primary care setting who collected standardized nursing data using the Omaha System. Key findings include the prevalence of health teaching, guidance, and counseling and surveillance as frequent intervention strategies.

A guide to assist nurse practitioners with standardized nursing language.

The purpose of this project was to develop a guide to support use of the Omaha System in primary care. The Omaha System is a community practice-based standardized nursing language developed by the Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) of Omaha, NE. Nurse practitioners at a primary care faculty practice clinic began using the Omaha System to describe more completely the advanced nursing care provided to clients, beyond ICD-9 and CPT codes.