title: Developing a database for an International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP).
abstract: The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) promises to provide a structure for the classification of nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes. Below, how the use of a database as a process in exploring classification of terms has provided a valuable tool for developing an ICNP.
authors.affiliation: Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coenen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wake
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000145:classification*; D012985:Software Design