Abstract
The apparent speed and impact of creating a global digital landscape for health and social care tells us that the health workforce is playing catch-up with eHealth national programmes. Locating how and where the profession of nursing fits with future models of health service delivery is critical to provide focused engagement for the populations they serve. In 2016, Dublin City University (DCU) School of Nursing and Human Sciences (SNHS) created a research and development centre for International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) in Ireland. This paper provides a summary of the first year of the centre’s research, describing how the initial activities link to the development of global eHealth policy. A key aspect of service delivery relates to defining care requirements, specifically to support sustainable intersectoral healthcare. Considering how nursing-sensitive language (clinical terminology) is best mapped is necessary to articulate the care requirements and processes to achieve optimal patient outcome. The World Health Organisational Framework for Integrated Care provides a pathway for crystallising the steep learning curve that the profession has currently found itself situated in, to deliver on contemporary digital healthcare.
Highlights
Nursing as a profession has provided a strong background in transitioning individual care for optimisation of patient safety
This paper reports on a research and development centre established in Ireland in 2016 which uses the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP® ) [1] and The World Health Organisational Framework for Integrated Care [2] to contribute to a national eHealth programme
Since its inception in 2016, the incremental development of the ICNP® Research and Development Centre (R&D) centre has resulted in the provision of a dedicated facility to deliver phase one terminology services in Ireland
Summary
Nursing as a profession has provided a strong background in transitioning individual care for optimisation of patient safety. This paper reports on a research and development centre established in Ireland in 2016 which uses the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP® ) [1] and The World Health Organisational Framework for Integrated Care [2] to contribute to a national eHealth programme. As the largest stakeholder group in the delivery of healthcare, it is not surprising that the role of the nurse is integral and linked with patient safety and mortality [3]. A search on the electronic databases using Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health
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