Minimum Data Set: the identified basic essential elements necessary to document delivery of patient care in the gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopic setting.

Goals of the Minimum Data Set

1. Serve as a guideline for documentation (manual or computerized).

2. Serve as a guide for benchmarking current practice.

3. Provide a resource for employee orientation and training.

4. Serve as a resource for CBGNA certification preparation.

5. Facilitate standardized retrieval of research data points.

SGNA Task Force Members

Kathy B. Bean, PhD, RN, CGRN, APRN, BC (Co-chair)

Karen Laing, BA, RN, CGRN (Co-chair)

Cathy McNeill Dykes, MS, RN, CCRC, CGRN

Colleen Keith, MSN, RN, CGRN

Marilyn Schaffner, MSN, RN, CGRN

Consultant

Patricia G. Turpin, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC

University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing

Focus-Group Participants

Phea Anderson, MS, RN, CGRN

Jane Christianson, RN, CGRN

Catherine Collins, BS, BSN

Karen Connick, CGRN

Debra A. Di Pietro, RN, CGRN

Cathi Dodson, BSN, RN, CGRN

Nancy J. Gondzur, MS, RN

Barbara Griffiths, MSN, CGC

Ann Hayes BSN, RN, CGRN

Karen Hephner, RN, CGRN

Sherry Huntley, RN, BSN, CGRN

Kathleen Krol, RN, CGRN

Leslie McRae-Matthews, RN, BSN

Martha Moles, RN, BSN, CGRN

Bev Ott

Marie Pagano, MPS, BA, RN, CGRN

Joann Plunk, RN, BSN

Julie Ray, BS, RN, CGRN

Shannon Tokarski, RN, BSN

Maureen Wright, RN, CGRN

Kendall Yoshisato, MS, BS, BA, RN, CGRN

Cynthia Young, BSN, RN, CGRN