title: The ICNP's relevance in the US.
abstract: Efforts to develop an International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) were initiated nearly a decade ago. To update nurses on progress, below is a critical review of the ICNP using the Computer-based Patient Record Institute (CPRI) Features Framework and a discussion of its relevance to current US efforts: 1) the activities of the American Nurses' Association (ANA) Steering Committee on Databases To Support Clinical Nursing Practice; 2) implementation of formal approaches for representing nursing concepts and 3) Health Level 7 standards.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing & Graduate Group in Medical Information Science, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Elfrink
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McNeil
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D000575:American Nurses' Association; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007392:International Council of Nurses; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification*; D009737:Nursing Records; D014481:United States; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled