Clinical practice guidelines use available evidence to develop recommendations that guide practice to improve patient care.

Select a clinical practice guideline, based on your area of interest, from one of the web sites below or another site. Describe the following information from the guideline you selected.

Identify the name of the clinical guideline and date developed.
Identify the population.
Identify 3 recommendations found in the guideline.
Identify the grade or level of recommendation for the three recomendations identified and describe what the assigned grade or level means.
How can you use the information from the guideline in your practice?
Suggested Clinical Practice Guideline sites:

https://www.guidelinecentral.com/summaries/specialties/nursing/

https://www.ena.org/practice-resources/resource-library/clinical-practice-guidelines

https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/BrowseRec/Index

https://guidelines.ecri.org