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The aim of this presentation is to show how the combinatorial design of ICNP beta can be used both as a unifying framework i.e. a cross classification assumed to work behind the screen or scene as well as a classification in its own right i.e. a front-end classification reaching beyond pure crossmapping toward the end-users of nursing practice. It is argued that the combinatorial design of ICNP might enhance professional unity by combining and merging a plurality of existing classification systems into one international cross classification with the aim of comparing for research purposes. The user need for a data entry tool for structuring clinical data for daily purposes is not fulfilled with ICNP as a cross classification. However using ICNP as a front-end classification has the potentiality of enhancing nursing practice encompassing a plurality of nursing care settings and cultures by replacing the expressive weakness of previous nursing classifications with the expressive power of ICNP beta. Depending on the use of ICNP, different types of strategies for validating ICNP combinations of concepts require different types of user involvement in the further development of a common language for nursing practice.
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