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ICNP® Concept Submission and Review Guidelines

ICNP® Concept Submission and Review Guidelines

To ensure the dynamic nature of ICNP®, the Programme has established a new process for submission and review of new concepts or changes to existing concepts. Concept changes include modification or inactivation (never deletion). ICNP® concepts are always coded with a unique identifier.

Concept Submission
ICN welcomes any and all recommendations from nurses and other ICNP® users worldwide. Participation is open to scholars and clinicians in the global nursing and healthcare communities, to meet the goals of having a clinically relevant, valid and useful classification of nursing practice that yields data sensitive to cultural variation and local circumstance.

ICNP® Concept Submission & Review Process Model
New Concept Submission Form
Modify Concept Submission Form
Inactivate Concept Submission Form

Nurse experts are encouraged to volunteer to be ICNP® concept reviewers.
Expert Reviewer Application

Concept Review
Reviews will normally be accomplished via email or a web-based application. Potential reviewers without internet access can also be accommodated using facsimile or post. When the concept and its accompanying material are received by ICN, a set of reviewers is asked to review and comment on the submission. The reviewers would have expertise in the area of the concept under review and reflect as wide a cultural, geographical representation as possible.

Review Criteria
The criteria used to review recommendations include the following.

Concept is within the nursing domain.

Concept is useable and useful in practice.

Concept and concept description

Should not be redundant with other ICNP® concepts.

Should be supported by scientific evidence found in literature or validation studies.

Concept does not violate the ICNP® structure.

Review Form – New Concept
Review Form – Recommendation for Concept Modification
Review Form – Recommendation for Concept Inactivation

Feedback on Guidelines
If you have any feedback on the guidelines (eg, clarity, needs improvement) please send your comments to the ICNP® Programme Director. All feedback will be helpful in continuing the development and expansion of ICNP®.

Information on ICNP® is available from ICN at
www.icn.ch/icnp/htm

For permission to use ICNP® or to communicate interest in ICNP® review or development,
please contact the ICNP® Programme.

Amy Coenen
Director, ICNP® Programme

Fax: +1 414 229 6474

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