Guidelines are general statements, recommendations, or administrative instructions designed to achieve operational objectives by providing additional supportive information to guide decision-making in clinical or administrative processes.
- Provide additional guidance or recommendation for best practice or process
- Decision to follow guidelines is dependent on context, experience, clinical judgement, clinician and/or patient/family preference
Adult Guidelines
- Adult Guidelines for Level of Nursing Care (See Appendix B in Safe Administration of Therapies & Medications on Adult Transitional & Acute Care Units)
- Delirium Management and Prevention Guideline
- Delirium Prevention & Management TipSheet
- Guideline: Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Patient Placement Decision Tree for Serious Change in Patient Condition
- Centralized Telemetry/CPO Monitoring Guidelines for Acute and Transitional Care (Adults)
- Extravasation Guidelines (Adult)
- Patient Preparation Guideleines for Common Adult Diagnostic Studies/Procedures
- Potassium Chloride Guidelines
- Safe Administration of Therapies & Medications on Adult Transitional & Acute Care Units
- Halfway Dose Interval Guidelines
- Parnassus Inpatient Transfer Mediation Handling Workflow