STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #212.1 -- NURS EDUCATION FILE 9/29/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^NURSF(212.1, (9 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 4.0)
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This file contains information which is used in determining the highest academic and/or nursing degree of nursing employees.
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APPLICATION GROUP(S): NURS
IDENTIFIED BY: EDUCATION DESCRIPTION (#.01)
POINTED TO BY: HIGHEST NURSING DEGREE field (#21.5) of the NURS STAFF File (#210)
HIGHEST ACADEMIC DEGREE field (#21.7) of the NURS STAFF File (#210)
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION field (#.01) of the PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION sub-field (#210.04) of the NURS STAFF File (#210)
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REFERENCED BY: EDUCATION DESCRIPTION(B), NURSING CODE(C)
212.1,.001 NURSING NUMBER NUMBER
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>999)!(X<1)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
HELP-PROMPT: TYPE A WHOLE NUMBER BETWEEN 1 AND 999
DESCRIPTION:
Internal number assigned to the 'education description'.
212.1,.01 EDUCATION DESCRIPTION 0;1 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:X[""""!($A(X)=45) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3) X
LAST EDITED: JAN 04, 1989
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 3-30 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION:
Generic name given to different types or levels of degrees.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 212.1^B
1)= S ^NURSF(212.1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^NURSF(212.1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
This is the main index on the NURS Education file and lists educational degree descriptions.
212.1,2 NURSING CODE 0;3 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:X[""""!($A(X)=45) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>5!($L(X)<2) X
LAST EDITED: JAN 04, 1989
HELP-PROMPT: ANSWER MUST BE 2-5 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH
DESCRIPTION:
An abbreviation of the `education description'.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 212.1^C
1)= S ^NURSF(212.1,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^NURSF(212.1,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)
This index is on the 'Nursing Code' field and lists the code associated with an educational degree.
212.1,3 NURSING CODE PRIORITY 0;4 NUMBER
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:+X'=X!(X>4)!(X<0)!(X?.E1"."1N.N) X
HELP-PROMPT: TYPE A WHOLE NUMBER BETWEEN 0 AND 4
DESCRIPTION: A number assigned to a specific degree for the purpose of ranking the educational preparation of an
employee. This number is used to generate administrative reports under the options: 'Service
Reports' and 'Location Reports'.
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