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Client Needs, Subcategories, and Knowledge/Practice Chart
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National
Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
Commission on
Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS)
Educational Materials
Mrs. Ludy's (MSN, ARNP) Nursing Notes Page on Adult
Health I and II, Health and Physical Assessment, Patent Car Management,
and
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Nursing Manuals from the University of North Carolina
A - Z Listings - The A - Z
Listings are applicable to the following: Nursing Policy, Procedure, and
Protocol Manuals; Patient Care Plans, Patient Care Statements, and
Clinical Pathways.
Hard-to-Find
Policies, Procedures and Other Documentation - Click
HERE for a listing of hard-to-find documentation.
Nursing Policy Manual
Nursing Policy: A
definite course or method of action that guides and
determines present and future
decisions regarding the safe delivery of patient care.
Examples:
Assessment of Patients, Employment of Licensed Nurses, Medication
Administration,
Transfers Within the Nursing Division
Nursing Procedure Manual
Nursing Procedure:
A series of steps followed in a regular,
definite order to perform a given activity; the 'how-to' of a given
activity.
Examples: IV Insertion,
Nasopharyngeal Airway Insertion, Transfusing Blood Products, Bladder
Catheterization.
Nursing Protocol Manual
Nursing Protocol: A
detailed plan for carrying out a patient's treatment regimen.
Examples: Suspected
Child Abuse / Neglect, Management of Patients with Anorexia
Nervosa, Burn Patients: Inhalation Injury and Gastric Decompression.
Patient Care Plans
Patient Care Plan: A document which outlines the care
of a particular patient population including problems, outcome goals,
and interventions; use for patients with expected stay > 48 hours. Examples: Myasthenia Gravis, Renal Transplant, Trauma
Patients (Adults).
Patient Care Statements
Patient Care Statement: An abbreviated Patient Care
Plan; use for known short-stay patients < 48 hours.
Examples: Carolina Air Care, Intraoperative Care, Post
Anesthesia Care Unit
Clinical Pathways
Clinical Pathway: A tool to promote outcome-focused
care within a pre-defined period of time. Clinical Pathways promote a
consistent approach to care for each given case type by reducing
unnecessary variation in practice.
Examples: Cesarean Birth,
Comfort Care, Heart Failure.
Other Nursing ManualsNOTE: The following documents are
not included in the A - Z Listings
Bone Marrow Transplant Manual
- Restricted
Carolina Air Care Policy Manual
Critical Care Services Manual
Emergency Medicine Manual
Pain Management CQI Protocols
Surgical Services Manual
Nursing Manual Update Memos
Nursing Manual Update
Memos NOTE: The last 3 months can be
directly accessed below - all prior memos are available from the
Archived Memos link.
Archived Memos
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
For Practitioners
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American Association of Neuroscience
Nurses
@Nursing
NursingNet
NurseScribe
Blogs
The Nurse
Manager
Reference Material
anatomy atlas
CancerNet (NCI)
Family Practice Handbook (University of Iowa)
medline's dict
medical dict
med terms
Merck manual of Diagnosis
and Therapy Details
Multilingual Glossary of Medical Terms
National Center for
Health Statistics
Nursing Foundations Glossary and Abbreviations
Pharmaceutical Information
Network
Public
Health Manuals
RxList has drug affects,
interactions ...
Online Mendelian
Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
Lippincott's NursingCenter
has journals, a career center, continuing education information,...
Roxane Pain Institute
In-Hospital Defibrillation is for
nurses who performing defibrillation on cardiac arrest patients.
http://www.medscape.com
Health Care
Advocacy Resources
Writing Resources
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Clinical
Calculators
Bayesian Analysis Tools and Clinical Formulas
Body Surface Area Calculator