ICNP® has been formally acknowledged as one of three pillars of nursing competency in Alberta, Canada (along with CARNA's Entry-to-Practice Competencies, and Nursing Interventions Classifications). As advanced practice nurses, nurse practitioners are in a position to implement and role-model expert nursing practice, which includes knowledge and implementation of the three pillars. ICNP® will be introduced to nurse practitioner students in their courses to begin building their understanding of nursing language and how a unified language will integrate them into a larger nursing world community.