The goal of the Common Data Elements section of ONSEN is to inform existing nurse scientists and academic faculty training nurse scientists seeking to expand their scholarship into Omics, and to develop strategies to promote Omics nursing science. These efforts are all aimed at achieving the Genomic Nursing Science Blueprint research recommendations more quickly, efficiently, effectively, and collaboratively.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines a CDE: as “a data element that is common to multiple data sets across different studies.” (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cde) or fundamental logical units of data pertaining to one kind of information1
Blood Pressure: to measure and report on Blood pressure (BP), the CDE could be captured and reported a systolic BP value and diastolic BP value using the measurement unit= mmHg. Further method specification, such as “Using sphygmomanometer (correct cuff size) and right upper arm, after sitting quietly for 5 minutes, cuff pressure inflated 30 mmHg above the palpated SBP and deflated 2 mmHg per second” would help assure that data reported from multiple studies were assessed and reported in a consistent way.
1 Cohen MZ, Thompson CB, Yates B, et al. Implementing common data elements across studies to advance research. Nurs Outlook 2015;63(2):181-188