Open Nursing Core FHIR Implementation Guide (ONC-IG)
1.0.0 - release
Open Nursing Core FHIR Implementation Guide (ONC-IG) - Local Development build (v1.0.0) built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) Build Tools. See the Directory of published versions
| Draft as of 2026-07-10 |
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Questionnaire onc-news2-questionnaire</b></p><a name="onc-news2-questionnaire"> </a><a name="hconc-news2-questionnaire"> </a><b>Structure</b><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;"><tr style="border: 2px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top"><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table" title="The linkID for the item">LinkID</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table" title="Text for the item">Text</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table" title="Minimum and Maximum # of times the item can appear in the instance">Cardinality</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table" title="The type of the item">Type</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table" title="Additional information about the item">Description & Constraints</a><span style="float: right"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table" title="Legend for this format"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_q_root.gif" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="QuestionnaireRoot" class="hierarchy"/> ONCNEWS2Questionnaire</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">SDC questionnaire for capturing the NEWS2 physiological parameter set and total score. Coded items extract to Observations conforming to the ONC NEWS2 and vital-sign profiles. Scoring and escalation logic is computable via the ONC_NEWS2_Logic CQL library and the news2-escalation PlanDefinition.</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Questionnaire</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">https://opennursingcoreig.com/Questionnaire/onc-news2-questionnaire#1.0.0</td></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" id="item.resp-rate" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-integer.png" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="integer" class="hierarchy"/> resp-rate</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Respiration rate (breaths per minute)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-integer">integer</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" id="item.spo2" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-integer.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="integer" class="hierarchy"/> spo2</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Oxygen saturation, SpO2 (%)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-integer">integer</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" id="item.spo2-scale2" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-boolean.png" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="boolean" class="hierarchy"/> spo2-scale2</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Use SpO2 Scale 2? (Prescribed target saturation 88–92%, e.g. hypercapnic respiratory failure — decision made by a competent clinician)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-boolean">boolean</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" id="item.o2-status" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-coding.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="coding" class="hierarchy"/> o2-status</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Air or supplemental oxygen?</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-choice">choice</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Options: <a href="#opt-item.o2-status">2 options</a></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" id="item.systolic-bp" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-integer.png" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="integer" class="hierarchy"/> systolic-bp</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-integer">integer</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" id="item.diastolic-bp" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-integer.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="integer" class="hierarchy"/> diastolic-bp</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) — recorded, not scored</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-integer">integer</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" id="item.heart-rate" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-integer.png" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="integer" class="hierarchy"/> heart-rate</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Pulse / heart rate (beats per minute)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-integer">integer</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" id="item.temperature" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-decimal.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="decimal" class="hierarchy"/> temperature</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Body temperature (°C)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-decimal">decimal</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" id="item.acvpu" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-coding.png" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="coding" class="hierarchy"/> acvpu</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Level of consciousness (ACVPU)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-choice">choice</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Options: <a href="#opt-item.acvpu">5 options</a></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" id="item.news2-total" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-integer.png" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="integer" class="hierarchy"/> news2-total</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">NEWS2 total score (0–20)</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-integer">integer</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/></tr>
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)" id="item.escalation-guidance" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin_end.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon-q-display.png" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="display" class="hierarchy"/> escalation-guidance</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Escalation (RCP NEWS2): 0–4 low risk — routine monitoring · 3 in any single parameter — registered nurse review · 5–6 medium risk — urgent review by a clinician competent in acute illness · 7+ high risk — emergency response. The ONC_NEWS2_Logic CQL library computes the score and the news2-escalation PlanDefinition encodes this protocol; this form does not replace clinical judgement.</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/codesystem-item-type.html#item-type-display">display</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/></tr>
<tr><td colspan="5" class="hierarchy"><br/><a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/formats.html#table" title="Legend for this format"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table><hr/><p><b>Options Sets</b></p><a name="opt-item.o2-status"> </a><p><b>Answer options for o2-status </b></p><ul><li style="font-size: 11px">http://snomed.info/sct#722742002 ("Breathing room air")</li><li style="font-size: 11px">http://snomed.info/sct#371825009 ("Patient on oxygen")</li></ul><a name="opt-item.acvpu"> </a><p><b>Answer options for acvpu </b></p><ul><li style="font-size: 11px">http://snomed.info/sct#248234008 ("Mentally alert")</li><li style="font-size: 11px">http://snomed.info/sct#130987000 ("Acute confusion")</li><li style="font-size: 11px">http://snomed.info/sct#300202002 ("Responds to voice")</li><li style="font-size: 11px">http://snomed.info/sct#450847001 ("Responds to pain")</li><li style="font-size: 11px">http://snomed.info/sct#422768004 ("Unresponsive")</li></ul></div>
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