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Title: Community Nursing

Catalogue Type: Nursing Minimum Data Set
Publication Date: 2011, Updated 2013
Authors:
Claudia C. Bartz, PhD, RN, Coordinator, ICN eHealth Programme, International Council of
Nurses, Geneva, Switzerland
Amy Coenen, PhD, RN, Director, ICNP Programme, International Council of Nurses, Geneva,
Switzerland
Nicholas Hardiker, PhD, RN, Director, ICN eHealth Programme, International Council of Nurses,
Geneva, Switzerland
Kay Jansen, DNP, RN, Terminology Manager, ICNP Programme, International Council of
Nurses, Geneva, Switzerland
Tae Youn Kim, PhD, RN, Knowledge Management Director, ICNP Programme, International
Council of Nurses, Geneva, Switzerland
Heather Strachan, RGN, Dip N, MSc, FBCS, Clinical Lead, Care Governance, Scottish
Government (previously eHealth Clinical Lead (NMAHP) eHealth Scottish Government)
Alison Wallis, RGN, District Nurse Cert., BSc, MSc, eHealth Nurse Adviser, Royal College of
Nursing, UK (previously Clinical Adviser, Information Services Division, NHS National Services
Scotland)
Creation of this catalogue was a group endeavour. Author order does not indicate amount of
contribution.
Expert Reviewers:
Elaine Allan, Lead Nurse, School Nursing, NHS Grampian
Catriona Kellock, District Nurse Team Leader, NHS Forth Valley
Lorraine McLean, School Nurse, NHS Lothian
Eleanor Morrison, Health Visitor, NHS Lothian
Kristina Mountain, Nurse Lecturer, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Sheila Shaw, District Nurse, NHS Lothian
Note: The purposes of this catalogue are to facilitate a) documentation of nursing practice by
community nurses within the electronic patient record; b) consistent and meaningful
communication within the discipline of nursing and across other professions; c) articulation of
community nursing practice; d) description, comparison and reuse of data by community nurses
in Scotland and other countries; and e) retrieval of comparable nursing data to evaluate quality
of care and to direct policy. The clients for community health nursing include patients, families
and groups in the community. This ICNP catalogue focuses specifically on the health priority
of community health, a nursing service and specialty of importance worldwide. This catalogue is
based on practice in Scotland by nurses in the National Health Service.

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Background: The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) is a unified nursing
language system that supports the standardisation of nursing documentation at the point of
care. The resulting data-based information can be used for planning and managing nursing
care, financial forecasting, analysis of patient outcomes and policy development. The ICNP
Strategic Advisory Group and many other expert nurses involved with ICNP have recognised
that manageable subsets of the terminology should be available to nurses working with patients
or clients in selected specialties and settings.
The purpose of a catalogue is to make ICNP a useful tool for nurses at the point of care.
Catalogues are subsets of ICNP that allow nurses to more readily integrate ICNP into their
practice as they work in a specialty area or with clients having specific health conditions or
needs.
Catalogues do not replace the clinical judgement of the nurse. Nurses can use Catalogues as
reference tools for documenting care and reflecting on their practice. Nurses clinical judgement
and decision-making are essential for individualised care of patients and their families and
cannot be replaced by any tool.
References:
International Council of Nurses (2008). Guidelines for ICNP Catalogue Development. Geneva:
International Council of Nurses.
Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland (2008). Community Nurses Measure Up. Available
at www.isdscotlandarchive.scot.nhs.uk/isd/5830.html
Stanhope M, Lancaster J, Jessup-Falcioni H & Viverais-Dresler G (2011). 2nd Edition.
Community Health Nursing in Canada. St. Louis, MO: Mosby.

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ConceptType

NursingCategories

Code

ICNPStatement(2013Release)

10027718
10000567
10000630
10029569
10029576
10029595
10029609
10023410
10025686
10034654
10029915

10029684

10027773
10029759
10029621
10027787
10032270

BowelIncontinence
Constipation
Diarrhoea
ImpairedAbilityToManageContinenceDevice
ImpairedAbilityToManageNephrostomyCare
ImpairedAbilityToManageStomaCare
ImpairedAbilityToManageUrinaryCatheter
SelfCareDeficit
UrinaryIncontinence
UrinaryRetention
UrinaryTractInfection

AcuteHealthCrisis

CaregiverStress
ContinuityofCareProblem
ImpairedAbilityToPerformCaretaking
RiskforCaregiverStress
RiskForImpairedAbilityToPerformCaretaking

10000669
10001079
10001183
10029839
10022345
10023370
10038411
10029716
10038430
10029771
10032338
10027424

10029841
10023078
10022473
10022753
10035744
10032364

DistortedThinkingProcess
DisturbedBodyImage
DysfunctionalGrief
EmotionalProblem
Grief
ImpairedCommunication
ImpairedPsychologicalStatus
NegativeBehaviour
PositivePsychologicalStatus
PostPartumDepression
RiskforPostPartumDepression
SelfDestructiveBehaviour

EmploymentProblem
ImpairedFamilyProcess
LackofFamilySupport
LackOfSocialSupport
RelationshipProblem
RiskforImpairedFamilyCoping

DiagnosesandOutcomes

Bladder/BowelCare

CareManagement

Carers

Emotional/Psychological
Issues

FamilyCare

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ConceptType

NursingCategories
HealthPromotion

Infant/ChildDevelopment

Code

10023452
10030214
10022234
10022954
10022425
10028187
10022592
10022603
10022748
10000918
10029645
10022585
10021939
10029970
10029991
10022140
10001274
10032386
10032355
10022247

10030185
10030222
10022898
10022544
10022748
10001098
10023294
10023370
10023287
10001196
10030035
10038411
10029958
10029962
10029716
10030026
10001411
10032317
10033375
10015146

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ICNPStatement(2013Release)

AbilityToPerformHealthMaintenance
AdherenceToSafetyPrecautions
AlcoholAbuse
AlteredBloodPressure
DrugAbuse
EffectiveSexualBehaviour
ImpairedAbilityToManageDietRegime
ImpairedAbilityToManageExerciseRegime
ImpairedAbilityToSee
ImpairedHealthMaintenance
IneffectiveOralHygiene
KnowledgeDeficitAboutExercise
LackOfKnowledgeOfDietaryRegime
LackofKnowledgeofOralHygiene
LackOfKnowledgeofSexualBehaviour
NonAdherenceToSafetyRegime
ProblematicSexualBehaviour
RiskforDisease
RiskforEnvironmentalInjury
TobaccoAbuse

AdherenceToImmunisationRegime
EffectiveChildDevelopment
FailureToThrive
ImpairedAbilitytoHear
ImpairedAbilityToSee
ImpairedBreastfeeding
ImpairedChildDevelopment
ImpairedCommunication
ImpairedInfantDevelopment
ImpairedInfantFeedingBehaviour
ImpairedPhysiologicalStatus
ImpairedPsychologicalStatus
LackofKnowledgeofBreastFeeding
LackOfKnowledgeOfChildDevelopment
NegativeBehaviour
NonAdherenceToImmunisationRegime
PositiveBreastfeeding
RiskForImpairedChildDevelopment
RiskforImpairedInfantDevelopment
RiskForInjury

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ConceptType

NursingCategories
LongTermCondition
Management

Code

ICNPStatement(2013Release)

ImpairedAbilityToManageMedication
Regime
ImpairedAbilityToManagePeritonealDialysis
ImpairedAbilityToManageRegime
ImpairedAbilityToMonitorDisease
ImpairedAcceptanceOfHealthStatus
LackOfKnowledgeOfDisease
LackofKnowledgeofPeritonealDialysis
LackofSymptomControl
RiskForNegativeResponsetoMedication

EffectiveResponsetoMedication
ImpairedAbilityToManageMedication
Regime
ImpairedSwallowing
MedicationSideEffect
NegativeResponsetoMedication
NonAdherenceToMedicationRegime

Fall
ImpairedMobility

EffectiveResponsetoEnteralNutrition
ImpairedAbilityToPrepareFood
ImpairedFluidIntake
ImpairedNutritionalIntake
ImpairedSelfFeeding
LackofAppetite
NegativeResponsetoEnteralNutrition
Overweight
Underweight

ImpairedAbilityToBath
ImpairedAbilityToDress
ImpairedAbilityToGroom
ImpairedHomemaking
ImpairedSelfToileting
SelfCareDeficit

BreastEngorgement

Medication

10022635
10029582
10000885
10029613
10029480
10021994
10029989
10029286
10022977

10028670

Mobility

Nutrition/Fluids

PersonalCare

Pregnancy/Postnatal

10022635
10001033
10022626
10033381
10021682

10029405
10001219

10033427
10029650
10029873
10023009
10000973
10033399
10033415
10027300
10027316

10000956
10027578
10029632
10000925
10000994
10023410

10029728

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ConceptType

NursingCategories

Procedures

RiskManagement

Skin/WoundCare

SocialCircumstances

Code
10029943

10029818
10029936

10029697
10029744
10029792
10030233
10029825
10029856
10029678
10032289
10032291
10032301
10033470
10032340
10033489
10015122
10015133
10033436
10015339

10029700
10029737
10029785
10001290
10030003
10030019
10025798
10027337
10023148
10030088
10030090
10030100
10030116

10029860
10029887
10029904
10022563
10022753

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ICNPStatement(2013Release)
ImpairedLactation

EarwaxProblem
Injury

Allergy
ChildAbuse
DomesticViolence
EffectiveEnvironmentalSafety
ElderAbuse
EnvironmentalSafetyProblem
InjuryfromAbuse
RiskforAbuse
RiskforAnaphylaxis
RiskforChildAbuse
RiskforChildNeglect
RiskforElderAbuse
RiskforElderNeglect
RiskForFall
RiskForInfection
RiskforNeglect
RiskForSuddenInfantDeath

ArterialUlcer
BurnWound
DiabeticWound
ImpairedSkinIntegrity
LymphaticOedema
MalignantWound
PressureUlcer
RiskforPressureUlcer
SurgicalWound
TraumaticWound
Ulcer
VenousUlcer
WeepingOedema

FinancialProblem
Homebound
HousingProblem
InadequateIncome
LackOfSocialSupport

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ConceptType

NursingCategories

SymptomManagement

Teaching

Code
10001647

10000449
10000477
10000522
10029763
10025808
10037529
10001235
10029802
10029433
10000695
10001203
10026709
10027226
10001033
10029927
10000859
10023130
10027482
10032372
10025981
10022880
10030128

10000837

ICNPStatement(2013Release)
SocialIsolation

AcuteConfusion
Anxiety
ChronicConfusion
Convulsion
Dehydration
DignifiedDying
Disorientation
Dysphasia
Dyspnoea
Fatigue
ImpairedMemory
ImpairedPeripheralTissuePerfusion
ImpairedSleep
ImpairedSwallowing
Inflammation
Nausea
Pain
PeripheralOedema
RiskforEyeInfection
Vomiting
Weakness
Wheeze

LackOfKnowledge

Assessment

Bladder/BowelCare

10030673
10030618
10030687

10030558
10030781
10030884
10041427
10031782
10031805
10031879
10032150
10032788
10032987

AssessingDuringEncounter
AssessingHealthAndSocialCareNeeds
AssessingOnAdmission

AssessingBowelContinence
AssessingUrinaryContinence
CatheterisingBladder
ManagingDefaecation
ManagingEncopresis
ManagingEnuresis
ManagingUrinaryIncontinence
NephrostomyCare
StomaCare
TeachingAboutNephrostomyCare

Interventions

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ConceptType

NursingCategories

CareManagement

Carers

Emotional/Psychological
Issues

Equipment

FamilyCare

Code
10033055
10033135
10033277

10030809
10030911
10030953
10005029
10031027
10035825
10006016
10031252
10031822
10031867
10032567
10032607
10041254
10033296

10030562
10024570

ICNPStatement(2013Release)
TeachingAboutStomaCare
TeachingSelfCatheterisation
UrinaryCatheterCare

AssistingCareProvider
CheckingPatientIdentity
CollaboratingWithLegalService
ConsultingCareProvider
CoordinatingCarePlan
CrisisManagement
DischargePlanning
EvaluatingCarePlan
ManagingHealthStatusAfterHospitalisation
ManagingNegativeResponseToSituation
ReferringToCareProvider
ReferringToServices
SupportingDignifiedDying
VerifyingDeath

AssessingCaregiver
SupportingCaregiver

10030589
10030813
10031062
10031711
10031814
10031833
10031851
10032505
10027051
10024493
10027067
10040380

10030493
10033368
10030924
10031776
10032902

AssessingEmotionalSupport
AssistingWithAngerControl
CounsellingPatient
ManagingAnxiety
ManagingGrief
ManagingNegativeBehaviour
ManagingNegativeEmotion
PromotingPositivePsychologicalStatus
ProvidingEmotionalSupport
ProvidingInstructionalMaterial
ProvidingSpiritualSupport
TeachingAboutSleep

ArrangingTransportOfDevice
AssessingNeeds
CheckingDeviceSafety
ManagingDevice
TeachingAboutDevice

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ConceptType

NursingCategories

HealthPromotion

Infant/ChildDevelopment

Code
10030440
10030602
10041064
10032844
10032859
10032994

10030429
10030969
10031036
10031043
10031058
10032465
10032477
10032483
10032580
10032726
10041086
10033001
10040125
10032925
10032941
10033017
10024687
10033038
10033064
10033072

10030515
10030570
10031559
10031983
10032081
10032121
10032454

10032533
10032695
10032703
10032719
10032735
10032816

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ICNPStatement(2013Release)
AdvisingAboutEmployment
AssessingFamilyProcess
DomesticViolenceTherapy
SupportingFamily
SupportingFamilyCopingProcess
TeachingAboutEffectiveParenting

AdministeringVaccine
CollectingCervicalCells
CounsellingAboutAlcoholUse
CounsellingAboutDrugUse
CounsellingAboutTobaccoUse
PromotingHealthSeekingBehaviour
PromotingHygiene
PromotingOralHygiene
ReferringToFamilyPlanningService
ScreeningPatient
SmokingCessationTherapy
TeachingAboutEffectiveWeight
TeachingAboutExercise
TeachingAboutFamilyPlanning
TeachingAboutHeadLiceInfestation
TeachingAboutRehabilitation
TeachingaboutSafetyMeasures
TeachingAboutSexualBehaviour
TeachingAboutTravelHealth
TeachingAboutVaccine

AssessingAbilityToCommunicateByTalking
AssessingChildDevelopment
ImplementingImmunisationRegime
MassagingInfant
MonitoringHeight
MonitoringWeight
PromotingChildDevelopment
ProvidingHealthPromotionServiceForChild
Development
ScreeningChildDevelopment
ScreeningHearing
ScreeningInfantDevelopment
ScreeningVision
SupportingBreastfeeding

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ConceptType

NursingCategories

LongTermCondition
Management

Medication

Mobility

Nutrition/Fluids

PersonalCare

Code
10032828
10032837
10032918
10040380
10033093
10033103
10032973

ICNPStatement(2013Release)
SupportingCaregiverDuringToiletTraining
SupportingCaregiverDuringWeaning
TeachingAboutEatingPattern
TeachingAboutSleep
TeachingCaregiverAboutToiletTraining
TeachingCaregiverAboutWeaning
TeachingInfantMassage

10030417
10030438
10039284
10030907
10031268
10031674
10031912
10032034
10032052
10032099
10039369
10026347
10032800
10033161

10025444
10023888
10015523

10030641
10033188

10030660
10039330
10031795
10031908
10019462
10032939

10030821
10023531
10031164
10031275

AdministeringInsulin
AdministeringVitaminB12
AnticoagulationTherapy
CheckingInhalationTechnique
EvaluatingTreatmentRegime
MaintainingAirway
ManagingDisease
MonitoringBloodGlucose
MonitoringBloodPressure
MonitoringLaboratoryResult
OxygenTherapy
PromotingSelfCare
SupportingAbilityToManageRegime
TracheostomyCare

AdministeringMedication
ManagingMedicationRegime
PrescribingMedication

AssessingMobilityPattern
TransferringPatient

AssessingNutritionalStatus
FluidTherapy
ManagingEnteralFeeding
ManagingParenteralFeeding
TeachingAboutDietaryNeed
TeachingAboutFluidIntake

AssistingWithHygiene
AssistingWithToileting
DressingPatient
EyeCare

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ConceptType

NursingCategories

Pregnancy/Postnatal

Code
10032184
10032757

10031931
10031949
10032496

10032885

Procedures

10032892

10030543
10030775
10030656
10002866
10004588
10031140
10031332
10031724
10032006

RiskManagement

Skin/WoundCare

10032047
10032113
10032258
10033220
10033323

10023520
10030706
10030710
10030723
10031846
10031769
10032075
10032068
10032960

10030472
10030486
10030747
10030799
10035147

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ICNPStatement(2013Release)
OralCare
SkinCare

ManagingPostpartumCare
ManagingPrenatalCare
PromotingEffectiveParenting
TeachingAboutBreastCareDuringPostpartum
Period
TeachingAboutBreastCareDuringPrenatal
Period

AssessingArterialBloodFlowUsingUltrasound
AssessingTissuePerfusion
AssessingUrinaryRetentionUsingUltrasound
AssistingSurgeonDuringOperation
CollectingSpecimen
DiagnosticTesting
FlushingEarwax
ManagingCentralLine
MeasuringBodyTemperature
MonitoringBloodOxygenSaturationUsing
PulseOximeter
MonitoringVitalSigns
PhysicalExamination
TreatingInjury
WeighingPatient

AssessingRiskForFalls
AssessingRiskForPostPartumDepression
AssessingRiskForPressureUlcer
AssessingRiskForTransferInjury
ManagingImpairedCopingProcess
ManagingPostPartumDepression
MonitoringForChildAbuse
MonitoringForImpairedFamilyCoping
TeachingAboutHouseSafety

ApplyingCompressionBandage
ApplyingElasticStockings
AssessingSelfCareofSkin
AssessingWound
CompressionTherapy

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ConceptType

NursingCategories

SocialCircumstances

SymptomManagement

Teaching

Code
10031117
10031592
10031690
10032420
10040224
10032630
10032648
10032863
10032871
10033029
10034961
10034974
10033208
10033231
10033254
10033249

10030455
10030536
10030625
10024298
10032598

10011660
10031965

10033086
10033126

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ICNPStatement(2013Release)
DiabeticUlcerCare
InvasiveDeviceSiteCare
MalignantWoundCare
PressureUlcerCare
PressureUlcerPrevention
RemovingSuture
RemovingWoundClip
SurgicalWoundCare
SuturingWound
TeachingAboutSelfCareOfSkin
TeachingAboutWoundCare
TeachingAboutWoundHealing
TraumaticWoundCare
TreatingSkinCondition
UlcerCare
WartTreatment

AdvisingAboutHousing
AssessingAbilityToPrepareFood
AssessingHousingCondition
AssessingSocialSupport
ReferringToHousingService

ManagingPain
ManagingSymptom

TeachingCaregiver
TeachingPatient

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