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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"clinical practice guideline"”.
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Dysmenorrhea: An aeromedical clinical practice guideline
This capstone proposes a clinical practice guideline on the management of dysmenorrhea, with attention to the occupational aspects of disease and treatment within the aviation community. This evidence based clinical practice guideline was developed through a systematic review of the literature with …
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GOUT: An aeromedical clinical practice guideline
… medicine today. I have created a current clinical practice guideline that allows for the efficient delivery of excellent acute and long term care to flight personnel afflicted with gout. This guideline addresses diagnosis, management, follow up and prevention strategies for dealing with …
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Exploring Healthcare Consumer Involvement in Clinical Practice Guideline Development
Involving healthcare consumers (HCCs) in clinical practice guideline (CPG) development can lead to identification of topics that guidelines should consider. To evaluate the strategies being used to involve HCCs in CPG development, a description of these strategies is needed. This study utilized …
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Development of a Clinical Practice Guideline for Monitoring Neuromuscular Blockade
… the past. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to develop a clinical practice guideline (CPG) to assist practitioners in monitoring residual paralysis. As a theoretical framework, Lewin’s Change Theory and the Knowledge to Action Framework was used to move current …
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Creating Recommendations for Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive Use for Adolescents
… purpose of this research project is to develop a clinical practice guideline for contraceptive counseling to include long acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) recommendations for the adolescent population. LARCs, which include intrauterine devices and implants, are the top-tier contraceptive for …
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Evaluation of an Advanced Practice Nurse Led Inter-professional Collaborative Chronic Care Approach for Kidney Transplant Patients: The TARGET Study
… was to evaluate the effectiveness of an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) led inter-professional collaborative chronic care approach on the achievement of clinical outcomes for adult kidney transplant chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, as compared to a traditional transplant nephrologist led …
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Development of a new technology-based learning tool to promote the uptake of clinical practice guidelines on the management of neck pain in chiropractic teaching faculty
… faculty are well-informed of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines may help to ensure chiropractic students are educated accordingly throughout their training. This is imperative for maintaining high-quality education and developing competent chiropractic graduates. Objective: To …
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Development and Evaluation of Clinical Protocol for Breastfeeding after General Anesthesia
… abandonment of nursing. This Doctoral of Nurse Practice (DNP) project set out to identify evidence-based research regarding post-anesthetic advice to communicate to breastfeeding mothers from their anesthesia providers. The first phase of the project involved the systematic development of a …
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Managing revisions of rules and guidelines used in clinical information systems : exploring a hierarchical knowledge representation model
One important purpose for creating clinical practice guidelines is to improve quality of care by reducing variations in practice. In the current healthcare environment, guidelines are being advocated as a means to disseminate research findings, standardize care, improve quality of care, and …
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Implementing A Patient-Centered Pediatric Obesity Protocol In A Population With Social And Environmental Risk Factors
… obesity. The American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Obesity (2023) recommends assessing these factors in children with obesity. At a School-Based Health Center (SBHC), the standard of care for pediatric …
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Patient-Centered Hemodialysis Nursing Care: An Interpretive Description
… in the 1990’s, and is a professional regulatory, clinical practice guideline, governmental health policy, and perhaps organizational expectation of every nurse in Canada. The term is used liberally on the Health Canada website, and in 2011 the Canadian Institutes of Health Research launched the …
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Smoking cessation counseling: What do physicians really say and how do they say it?
The U.S. Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline recommends that physicians provide tobacco cessation interventions to their patients at every visit. While many studies have examined the extent to which physicians implement the guideline's "5 A's" (for smokers ready to quit) few studies …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Diabetes and Physical Activity Behaviours: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2007-2017)
Background: Diabetes Canada clinical practice guidelines recommend that individuals with type 2 diabetes accumulate a minimum of 150 minutes per week of moderate-to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and reduce the amount of time spent sedentary. To our knowledge, there are no …
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Factors which affect the application and implementation of a spinal motion restriction protocol by prehospital providers in low resource settings: a scoping review
… Board for Emergency Care prehospital Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) recommends that emergency medical services (EMS) make use of the National Emergency X Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) rule and Canadian C-spine Rule (CCSR) when managing traumatic spinal injury. However, the …
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Early identification and elective inpatient management of high-risk people living with diabetes diagnosed with COVID-19 decreases morbidity and mortality: a quasi-experimental study
… process and applying a tertiary hospital practice guideline (the High Risk Diabetes-COVID-19 protocol - HRDCp) for treating high risk PLWD who were electively admitted to a field hospital. Aim: To assess the impact of early admission and application of a clinical practice guideline (HRDCp) …
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Developing an in-depth understanding of acute pain assessment and management in the prehospital setting in the Western Cape, South Africa, the factors influencing practice and what improvement measures could advance prehospital acute pain management
… to describe (i) the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding prehospital acute pain assessment and management among emergency care providers and (ii) current prehospital acute pain assessment and management practices in high acuity trauma patients. The final study employed qualitative …
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How Organizational Experiments Influence Organizational Learning
Organizational learning through experience has been found to be associated with enhanced firm performance. Organizational experiments are a method of experiential learning that enable organizations to learn from experience and gain context-specific knowledge of how and why to implement new …
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Infertility and recurrent miscarriage: an examination of pregnancy outcomes, services and patient experience
… is not widely described in the literature or clinical practice guidelines and the optimal management of women/couples is unclear. RM and infertility are separately receiving greater attention from policy makers, nationally and internationally, therefore greater evidence is needed to inform …