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A system used in areas such as home health care, hospice, public health, and prisons is known as what?

  1. PNDS Perioperative Nursing Data Set

  2. OHHCS Omaha Home Health Care System

  3. Nursing Minimum Data Set NMDS

  4. Nursing Outcome Classification NOC

The correct answer is: OHHCS Omaha Home Health Care System

The correct answer is B. Omaha Home Health Care System (OHHCS). This system is specifically designed for use in areas such as home health care, hospice, public health, and prisons. It is a standardized system used to collect and document important data related to patient care in these settings. Options A, C, and D are incorrect: - Option A, PNDS (Perioperative Nursing Data Set), pertains to data sets related to perioperative care, focusing on surgical patients. - Option C, Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS), is a standardized set of data elements that are collected about every patient and stored in a database. - Option D, Nursing Outcome Classification (NOC), is a standardized classification system used to document patient outcomes related to nursing care interventions.