Evaluating best practice guidelines. Journal Articles

abstract

• Clinical practice guidelines are developed with the purpose of improving patient care. The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) Project was implemented in 1999. It has resulted in the development, implementation and evaluation of 17 BPGs with agencies in different healthcare sectors. This article describes the process, challenges and lessons learned by the team responsible for evaluating the BPGs.

authors

• Edwards, Nancy
• Davies, Barbara
• Ploeg, Jenny
• Dobbins, Maureen
• Skelly, Jennifer
• Griffin, Pat
• Ralphs-Thibodeau, Sylvia

status

• published 

publication date

• February 2005

has subject area

• Benchmarking (MeSH)
• Canada (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Nursing (MeSH)
• Nursing (Science Metrix)
• Planning Techniques (MeSH)
• Practice Guidelines as Topic (MeSH)

published in

• Canadian Nurse  Journal

keywords

• Benchmarking
• Canada
• Humans
• Nursing
• Planning Techniques
• Practice Guidelines as Topic

PubMed ID

• 15796322

start page

• 18

end page

• 23

volume

• 101

issue

• 2