Standardize Documentation with the PNDS
The most efficient documentation templates available.
PNDS (Perioperative Nursing Data Set) with Documentation Benefits
Standardized, evidence-based documentation is essential for patient safety, meeting regulatory standards, and enhancing process efficiency. Developed by perioperative clinicians and aligned with regulatory requirements, accreditation bodies, and leading standards organizations (including AORN and over 30 nationally recognized institutions), the PNDS and documentation solution are sold together. This combination provides the foundation for optimized patient care, analytics, and improved operational efficiencies.
Efficiency
Nursing documentation burnout is a leading cause of job dissatisfaction. Why? Because nurses are frequently being asked to document more than is essential, and they’re working across documentation templates that don’t contain standard data sets. Standardized essential documentation from AORN Syntegrity can enable your team to:
- Benchmark data
- Identify best practices
- Reduce documentation burden
Convenience
Point-of-care access to evidence-based guidance (through AORN eGuidelines Plus) can be included for on-the-go clinical practice support. At the click of a button, your nurses can access best practice recommendations including photos, illustrations, videos, and ambulatory supplements. Easily review positioning, prep, medication, tools, setup and more guidelines without having to impede workflow.
Safety
AORN Syntegrity is proud to be leading the charge to help hospitals and surgery centers maintain focused, accurate and standardized documentation. Specialty content areas include:
- Endoscopy
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Pain Management
- Urology
- Cesarean Section
- Interventional Cardiovascular
We are continuously adding new areas of practice. Don't wait for an accreditation survey or regulatory audit to uncover gaps—the AORN Syntegrity Solution helps proactively align perioperative documentation with practice standards and compliance expectations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our team of perioperative informatics specialists regularly review AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice as well as other practice, regulatory, and accreditation standards. This information is then used to build evidence-based documentation specific to perioperative needs.
Yes, it can be modified according to your EHR functionality and facility needs.
- We save organizations time by doing the research for you. Our full-time informatics team works to develop the most up to date evidence-based and required documentation for your use. We then streamline the content to reduce the documentation burden so your staff can spend more time on patient care.
- Proper nursing documentation protects your facility and staff during audits and lawsuits by documenting the proper fields specific to the high-risk area of the operating room.