Strategic plan for promoting ICNP in Romania

Area of Science:

• Nursing Informatics
• Health Information Systems
• Medical Informatics

Background:

• The Romanian nursing community requires preparation for upcoming health information systems.
• Structuring nursing information is a prerequisite for system adoption.
• Current nursing documentation relies heavily on free text, hindering data capture.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present a strategy for developing the Romanian version of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP).
• To outline dissemination actions for the ICNP in Romania.
• To facilitate the integration of nursing data into electronic health records.

Main Methods:

• Developing a nursing language from free text nursing documentation.
• Utilizing a classification system for data structuring.
• Proposing a strategy by the Working Group for Nursing Informatics.

Main Results:

• A strategic approach for creating the Romanian ICNP version has been proposed.
• Dissemination actions for the ICNP have been outlined.
• The strategy addresses the need to mold free text into a structured nursing language.

Conclusions:

• Structuring nursing information through a nursing language and classification system is essential for electronic health record implementation.
• The proposed strategy by the Romanian Medical Informatics Society's Working Group for Nursing Informatics is key to preparing the nursing community.
• Successful adoption of health information systems in Romania depends on standardizing nursing documentation with ICNP.