Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Perspectives on transcultural care.

29 Nov 2009 Culture has been defined as the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. A culture of nursing refers to the learned and transmitted lifeways, values, symbols, ... Read more...

Thoughtful nursing practice: reflections on nurse delegation decision-making.

29 Nov 2009 This article discusses delegation challenges and legal and regulatory oversight associated with delegation in the clinical practice setting. The authors address moral and legal attributes of the roles and responsibilities of health care providers ... Read more...

Current perspectives on the Gleason grading of prostate cancer.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Since its description in 1966 by Donald Gleason, the Gleason grading has remained a cornerstone in the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer. With widespread use of the prostate specific antigen screening, the diagnosis and management ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Practice Guidelines as Topic'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Perspectives on transcultural care. 29 Nov 2009
• Thoughtful nursing practice: reflections on nurse delegation decision-making. 29 Nov 2009
• Is immunization necessary after therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has been completed? 29 Nov 2009
• The Canadian Triage Acuity Scale and oncological emergencies in the emergency department: the puzzle pieces may not fit. 29 Nov 2009
• Aging matters in cancer research. 29 Nov 2009
• Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors for pulmonary arterial hypertension. 3 Nov 2009
• CDC updates recommendations for protecting clinicians from influenza. 2 Nov 2009
• Current perspectives on the Gleason grading of prostate cancer. 30 Oct 2009
• Zirconia abutments for single-tooth implants--rationale and clinical guidelines. 30 Oct 2009
• Closing the gap between guidelines for bipolar disorder treatment and clinical practice. 30 Oct 2009
• The effect of left subclavian artery coverage on morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing endovascular thoracic aortic interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 30 Oct 2009
• Clinical policy: critical issues in the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia. 30 Oct 2009
• Quality oversight needed for intraoperative autologous blood recovery and readministration. 30 Oct 2009
• Some unanswered questions about temperature management. 30 Oct 2009
• Rare complications and national databases. 30 Oct 2009
• Schizophrenia and NICE: all quiet on the community front? 30 Oct 2009
• Challenges in developing evidence-based drug dosing guidelines for adults and children receiving renal replacement therapy. 30 Oct 2009
• Anticoagulants for patients with prosthetic heart valves. 29 Oct 2009
• Anticoagulants for patients with prosthetic heart valves. 29 Oct 2009
• Clinical practice. Postexposure prophylaxis for HIV infection. 27 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Practice Guidelines as Topic'

Definition: Directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery.

Descriptor UI: D017410

Alternative terms: Practice Guidelines as Topic;

Related Mesh Headings: Consensus;

Allowable Qualifiers: standards;

Tree Number: N04.761.700.350.650; N05.700.350.650;

History Note: 2008(1993)

Technical Notes: for general design, methodology, economics, etc of guidelines related to healthcare; a different heading PRACTICE GUIDELINE is used for reports of a specific practice guideline