My research explores the cultural-political contributions of Nursing Informatics (NI) to the profession of nursing in the context of the Canadian health care system, specifically focused on classification systems as cultural artefacts. Adopting Aggers work on cultural studies as critical theory, (Agger, 1992), I challenged positivist assumptions generated within myself, in NI, and through the use of classification systems like the International Classification System Nursing Practice (ICNP®) (2001). My interest was to expose the impact that the application of standardization languages like ICNP® have on the potential political gains to nursing within health care decision-making structures.