[The use of International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) in pediatric and neonatal settings: literature review].

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Professore Associato, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Universita' degli Studi di Milano; Direttore Didattico del Corso di Laurea in Infermieristica, AGOM Niguarda, Milano; ID ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5389-9879.Email:

Published: April 2022

Introduction: Literature reports that the use of Standardized Nursing Terminology contributes to a better implementation of nursing care and patients' safety and to do research. ICNP  is an international and combinatorial standard terminology proposal by ICN, adaptable to different settings, among which paediatric and neonatal.

Methods: A literature review on different databases (Medline/Pubmed, CINAHL, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus) was conducted to investigate the use of ICNP  in professional practice in paediatric and neonatal settings.

Results: 44 papers were included in the review; 33 of which focused on the paediatric setting while 11 on the neonatal setting. It is evident ICNP  is usable in both settings, permitting to describe nursing care to different age groups, in-hospital, out-of-hospital and in specific clinical situations.

Discussion: ICNP  is up to the task of describing nursing care, implementing nursing care plans, analysing types of nursing care for management aims, studying concepts or specific pediatric or neonatal situations. ICNP  is adaptable to different nursing frameworks and models. Few studies analyses ICNP  implementation or effectiveness in clinical settings. Additional research is needed to verify ICNP  effectiveness in paediatric and neonatal settings and to implement contextual catalogues.

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