The scope of ICNP^® implementation in the process of educating nursing students at the universities in the Pomeranian Voivodeship

Aim. Identifying the scope of implementation of the ICNP^® dictionary in the process of educating nursing students at the universities of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Material and methods. The research was carried out at the turn of 2018 and 2019 among 110 first- and second-cycle students of nursing at three Pomeranian universities. The diagnostic survey method and the survey technique were used. The tool was an original on-line questionnaire. The statistical analysis used IBM SPSS 23 statistical package; p ≤ 0.05 was adopted as the materiality level.

Results. During the first-cycle studies, the students the most often used the ICNP^® Classification (n=103; 93.6%). More than a half of them also used the classification of NANDA (n=58; 52.7%). ICNP^® is the most often used on the basics of nursing (n=105; 95.5%). Regarding the second-cycle studies, students mainly applied the ICNP^® (n=49; 44.5%) and NANDA (n=23; 20.9%) classifications, however, 13.6% (n=15) of the respondents did not use any nursing dictionary during the classes. Students also used ICNP^® reference terminology in self-study papers (n=52; 47.3%) and diploma theses (n=20; 18.2%).

Conclusions. The most frequently used classification in the first- and second-cycle studies at the universities of the Pomeranian Voivodeship is the ICNP^® dictionary.