Clinical Practice Guidelines
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Clinical practice guidelines use available evidence to develop recommendations that guide practice to improve patient care.
Select a clinical practice guideline, based on your area of interest, from one of the web sites below or another site. Describe the following information from the guideline you selected.
- Identify the name of the clinical guideline and date developed.
- Identify the population.
- Identify 3 recommendations found in the guideline.
- Identify the grade or level of recommendation for the three recomendations identified and describe what the assigned grade or level means.
- How can you use the information from the guideline in your practice?
Suggested Clinical Practice Guideline sites:
https://www.guidelinecentral.com/summaries/specialties/nursing/
https://www.ena.org/practice-resources/resource-library/clinical-practice-guidelines
https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/BrowseRec/Index