Classification Detail
International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP)
Basic Bibliographic Information
Status:
Operational
Type:
To Be Determined
Citation:
N/A
ISBN:
N/A
Website:
Custodian:
International Council of Nurses
Available Formats:
PDF, Excel, Text, OWL, ClaML (older releases only)
Year Adopted:
1989
Year Published:
2001
Available Languages (besides English):
Français, Español, 中文, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish Details...
Français
Classification internationale de la pratique des soins infirmiers (ICNP)
Español
Clasificación Internacional para la Práctica de Enfermería (CIPE)
German
Internationale Klassifikation für die Pflegepraxis
Italian
Classificazione internazionale per la pratica infermieristica
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Międzynarodowa Klasyfikacja Praktyki Pielęgniarskiej
Portuguese
Clasificación Internacional de la Práctica de Enfermería (CIPE)
Swedish
Internationell klassificering för Nursing Practice
Availability:
Fully available in all of the languages above
Purpose of the Classification
Statistical Domains:
1.4 Health
Purpose:
The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP), a product of the International Council of Nurses, is an agreed terminology or dictionary of terms that encourages nurses to describe and report their practice in a systematic way. The resulting information is used reliably to support care and effective decision-making, and inform nursing education and health policy.
Main Applications:
To record and report on nursing practice via electronic record systems.
Main Users:
Nurses, informatics specialists, vendors worldwide
Methodology
Scope:
Nursing practice, nursing diagnosis, nursing intervention, outcome
Concept Being Classified:
health
Statistical Units:
N/A
Main Principles:
Generic poly-hierarchical relationships
Relationships to Other International Classifications:
Related To:
Major Differences (Scope, Structure, and Concepts):
International Classification for Nursing Practice - International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI)
ICNP refects the boundaries of nursing practice and therefore overlaps with other health terminologies while extending beyond their own scope. It is more comprehensive and more detailed than Clinical Care Classification and has a broader international utility.
ICNP is based on an OWL ontology.
ICNP concepts have a formal computable OWL definition.
International Classification for Nursing Practice - SNOMED CT
ICNP refects the boundaries of nursing practice and therefore overlaps with other health terminologies while extending beyond their own scope. It is more comprehensive and more detailed than Clinical Care Classification and has a broader international utility.
SNOMED CT is based on a different description logic foundation.
ICNP concepts have a formal computable OWL definition.
nternational Classification for Nursing Practice - Clinical Care Classification
More comprehensive and more detailed than Clinical Care Classification and has a broader international utility.
Classification Structure
Definition of Structure:
N/A
Criteria for Definition of Levels:
Not applicable. ICNP has an OWL ontology as its foundation
Revision Information
Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification:
Year Adopted:
Title or Version Number:
Website:
Official Adopting Entity:
This question is not clear. ICNP is owned, maintained and distributed by International Council of Nurses
Coordinating Entity:
International Council of Nurses
Next Review:
2017
Reason for Latest Revision:
ICNP is released and disseminated at regular 2-yearly intervals along with translations and other derived products in order to maintain currency and keep pace with advances in nursing practice. With each new release, ICNP translations are updated.
Major Changes:
Additional content, with a particular emphasis on nursing interventions, and a reletively small number of deprecated concepts.
Corrections:
Via a change management process
Supporting Documents
Coding Index Available:
No
Training Materials and Other Documents:
N/A
Training Website:
Contact Information
Agency / Office:
International Council of Nurses
Contact Name:
Nick Hardiker RN PhD FACMI
Email:
Telephone:
+44 (0) 161 295 7013
Address:
School of Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work & Social Sciences
MS1.12
Mary Seacole Building
University of Salford
Salford M6 6PU
United Kingdom