Apresentation
The PPGENF-UFPB/ICNP® Centre is located at a federal university of the northeastern region of Brazil.
Until July of 2007, there were five ICN Accredited Centre for ICNP® Research & Development: the German Speaking User Group consisting of the three National Nursing Associations of Austria, Germany and Switzerland and the three national User Groups of these countries; the Center of Research for Nursing Practice of the Camberra Hospital and Camberra University, in Australia; the Chilean Centre, located in the Department of Nursing at the University of Concepción; the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing ICNP® Research and Development Centre, and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing Centre for Nursing Minimum Data Set Knowledge Discovery, in the United States of America.
In July of 2007 the proposal of creation of an ICNP® Centre related to the Federal University of Paraíba was approved, being considered the Centre for ICNP® Research and Development of the Federal University of Paraiba, Post-Graduate Program in Nursing (PPGENF-UFPB ICNP® Centre), an ICN Accredited Centre.