International Council of Nurses
The International Council of Nurses is a federation of national nurses’ associations (NNAs), representing nurses in more than 128 countries. Founded in 1899, ICN is the world’s first and widest reaching international organization for health professionals. Operated by nurses for nurses, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all, sound health policies globally, the advancement of nursing knowledge, and the presence worldwide of a respected nursing profession and a competent and satisfied nursing workforce.
The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) is a unified nursing language system. It is a compositional terminology for nursing practice that facilitates the development of and the cross-mapping among local terms and existing terminologies.
The UWM College of Nursing is proud to be an ICNP® Research and Development Centre. Its mission is to broaden the use of ICNP® through knowledge-based integration with clinical information systems, clinical research and findings dissemination, and substantive contributions to the ICNP® Consortium. Goals of the UW-M Centre are to promote the use of ICNP® through projects such as the Aurora-Cerner-UWM (ACW) project, to test a template and develop an ICNP® catalogue, and to partner with other ICN-accredited centres as a means of expanding the use of ICNP®.
Director: Dr. Amy Coenen, PhD, RN, FAAN
ICNP® Research and Development Centre
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Nursing ATTN: Dr Amy Coenen
PO Box 413
Milwaukee WI 53201-0413 USA
coenena@uwm.edu
The International Council of Nurses is a federation of national nurses’ associations (NNAs), representing nurses in more than 128 countries. Founded in 1899, ICN is the world’s first and widest reaching international organization for health professionals. Operated by nurses for nurses, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all, sound health policies globally, the advancement of nursing knowledge, and the presence worldwide of a respected nursing profession and a competent and satisfied nursing workforce. The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) is a unified nursing language system. It is a compositional terminology for nursing practice that facilitates the development of and the cross-mapping among local terms and existing terminologies.
The UWM College of Nursing is proud to be an ICNP® Research and Development Centre. Its mission is to broaden the use of ICNP® through knowledge-based integration with clinical information systems, clinical research and findings dissemination, and substantive contributions to the ICNP® Consortium. Goals of the UW-M Centre are to promote the use of ICNP® through projects such as the Aurora-Cerner-UWM (ACW) project, to test a template and develop an ICNP® catalogue, and to partner with other ICN-accredited centres as a means of expanding the use of ICNP®.
Director: Dr. Amy Coenen, PhD, RN, FAAN
ICNP® Research and Development Centre
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Nursing ATTN: Dr Amy Coenen
PO Box 413
Milwaukee WI 53201-0413 USA
coenena@uwm.edu
