title: The architecture for an International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP).
abstract: The following is a walk through the architectural principles behind the classification of nursing phenomena and of nursing interventions in the Alpha Version of the International Classification for Nursing Practice. While some architectural principles are common to the two classifications, other principles are particular to one or the other classification.
authors.affiliation: Danish Institute for Health and Nursing Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mortensen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic