Developing a prenatal nursing care International Classification for Nursing Practice catalogue.

Area of Science:

• Nursing Informatics
• Standardized Nursing Terminology
• Prenatal Care

Background:

• The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) program supports standardized electronic nursing documentation.
• ICNP facilitates the collection of comparable nursing data, enabling research on nursing diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes.
• This project specifically addresses the nursing population of pregnant women.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop a standardized prenatal nursing care catalogue.
• To align with the International Classification for Nursing Practice framework.

Main Methods:

• Catalogue development followed established guidelines.
• Key steps included identifying relevant nursing diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes.
• A conceptual framework was developed and validated by experts.

Main Results:

• A comprehensive prenatal nursing care catalogue was established with 228 terms.
• The catalogue includes 69 nursing diagnoses, 92 nursing interventions, and 67 nursing outcomes.
• Terms are organized into 'Expected Changes of Pregnancy' and 'Pregnancy at Risk' categories, with four domains each.

Conclusions:

• The catalogue simplifies documentation for prenatal care nurses.
• It facilitates standardized data storage, retrieval, and communication across healthcare settings.
• This enhances quality improvement, decision support, and research in prenatal care.