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Wednesday, 19 July 2006
This presentation is part of : Global Collaboration Strategies
International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) Research and Development Through Global Collaboration
Amy Coenen, PhD1, Claudia Bartz, PhD1, and Woi Hyun Hong, MSN2. (1) International Classification for Nursing Practice Programme, International Council of Nurses, Milwaukee, WI, USA, (2) College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Learning Objective #1: Demonstrate increased knowledge about ICNP®, including the ICNP® research priorities.
Learning Objective #2: Identify potential for participation in ICNP®-related research.
The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) is a programme of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). ICN is a federation of national nurses’ associations representing nurses worldwide in more than 128 countries.  In 2005, the ICNP® Version 1.0 was launched at the ICN Congress. The new version of ICNP® made a number of significant revisions to reflect the needs of users and the current trends in Electronic Healthcare Records.
The ICNP® is defined as a unified nursing language system and is a compositional terminology that facilitates both the development of and the cross-mapping among local terms and existing nursing terminologies.  The ICNP® promotes integration and harmonisation across multiple nursing terminology standards, nursing specialties, countries, and languages.
In 2006, ICN released the ICNP® Research Priorities.  Multiple strategies are in place and under development to address these priorities.  For example, a new ICN initiative is the accreditation of ICNP® Research and Development Centres. An ICN Centre is a recognized group that after application and review is designated by ICN. The ICN Centres may be organised at a number of levels, including, but not limited to, country, inter-country, regional and global levels. The ICNP® Centres are organized into the ICNP® consortiums. The concept of a consortium of Centres fits well within ICN’s values of inclusiveness, partnership, flexibility, excellence and visionary leadership. 
ICNP® Centres can promote collaboration and networking to advance the ICNP® worldwide.  Global collaboration among researchers is essential for this international standard to represent nursing practice worldwide.

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