International Classification Nursing Practice: eHealth Program
International Classification Nursing Practice: eHealth Program
Extending the utility and scope of ICNP®
Principal Investigator: Tae Youn Kim
Funder:International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Award:$174,299
Period:Nov. 1, 2012, to Aug. 31, 2016
The goal of this project is to further extend the development of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®), a logic-based nursing terminology modeled using Web Ontology Language (OWL) to support nursing practice, education and research. The ICNP provides a structured and defined vocabulary, as well as a classification and a framework into which existing terminologies and classifications can be harmonized to enable coherent communications within the discipline and across health care disciplines. Benefits of the program include enabling comparison of nursing data across settings, projecting trends, providing data about nursing practice and policy, stimulating nursing research, and ensuring nursing is adequately represented in multidisciplinary health information systems. In collaboration with the eHealth Programme at the International Council of Nurses (ICN), Kim’s activities include ongoing development, management, harmonization and distribution of ICNP as the terminology continues to evolve. It is noted that ICNP has been translated into 17 languages thus far, available at http://www.icn.ch/what-we-do/international-classification-for-nursing-practice-icnpr/.
