LOINC Code 77282-2: Instability rate [NMMDS]

What is this code?

LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Nursing staff at beginning who left/Mean number of nursing staff. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Nursing unit}.{Job position}.

When is it used?

• Used in lab systems, EHRs, and clinical data exchange.
• May identify a test, observation, survey item, or clinical document request rather than a diagnosis.
• Status: ACTIVE
• Order vs observation: Observation
• Method: NMMDS

What it does not mean

• The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.

Key facts

• Instability rate [NMMDS]
• Nursing staff at beginning who left/Mean number of nursing staff
• The percent of nursing staff employed by job position at the beginning of the reporting period but who left the unit or service at the end of the period (i.e. instability rate). It is calculated by dividing the number of nursing staff at beginning by position leaving during the reporting period divided by the number of nursing staff by job position at the start of the period.
• Average; Avg; L; LT; No; Num; Number fraction; Nursing Management Minimum Data Set; Percent; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Report period; Survey; SURVEY.NMMDS; World Heatlth Organization

Where you may see this code

You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges.

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