Nursing policies, procedures and protocols

1. ICU Policies
1. Lismore Base Hospital ICU Australia protocols and guidelines
2. ICU procedures and protocols from the University of Western Ontario, Canada
2. National Guideline Clearinghouse's 700+ continually expanding collection of clinical practice guidelines, mostly for physicians but a few for nursing, organized by the medical specialty organization that created each guideline
3. US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety guidelines, including infection control
4. ResourceNurse.com Policies & Procedures, Care Plans and Critical Pathways, Competencies, Dictionaries and Translations, Hospital Select - Search Over 6,000 Hospitals, Pearls of Practice, Patient Teaching Tools, State Boards of Nursing, Specialty Organizations, Calculators and Algorithms, Online Texts. Online Journals, Pharmacology, ListServs and Usenet Groups
5. University of Texas Medical Branch Nursing Practice Standards
6. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport policies
7. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Nursing
1. Policies Ambulatory; Clinical; Environment of Care, Inpatient and Outpatient, Infection Control, Medical Records, Operations, Safety, Religious Cultural
2. Forms Admission, Discharge, Case Manager, Social Worker, Consents, Flowsheets, Home Care Instructions, Legal/Regulatory, Clinical Pathways, Physician, Teaching Records
3. Care Pathway Policy, how to use Care Paths or Clinical Paths or Critical Paths
4. Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee Burn Center Care Manual, Burn Center Protocols and Slide Presentations
   

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8. Infection Control Policies
1. US Centers for Disease Control Healthcare Safety Division and OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration)
1. Antimicrobial Resistance
2. Bloodborne Pathogens
3. Guidelines & Recommendations: Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities, Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings, Intravascular Device-Related Infections, Surgical Site Infections, Isolation Precautions, Nosocomial Pneumonia, Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Management of Occupational Exposures to Hep B, Hep C, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis - 2001, Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel, Blood/marrow transplants, Hospital Construction, Home care, Long-term care
4. Infectious Diseases that may be transmitted/acquired in Healthcare Settings: Chickenpox (Varicella), Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), Ebola (Viral Hemorrhagic Fever), Gastrointestinal (GI) Infections, Hantavirus, Hepatitis A B C, HIV/AIDS, Influenza, MRSA - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Parvovirus, Poliovirus, Pneumonia, Rubella, SARS, Tuberculosis, Varicella (Chickenpox), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever-Ebola, VISA - Vancomycin Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus, VRE - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
5. Sterilization & Disinfection
2. Johns Hopkins Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control Department infection control policies and procedures
3. University of Virginia Infection Control Manual
4. Infection Control Manual Included in Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Nursing Policy Manuals
5. Hospital Infection Control Policies and Procedures Anchorage Native Medical Center US Indian Health Service
6. Australian Infection Control in Health Care

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9. Policies for Care of Chemically and Environmentally Sensitivity Patients
1. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Protocol by Cathy Carl, RN, BS, CIC, consultant Jo Tillman.M.D. 9/99 and chemical sensitivity links
2. Dr. Grace Ziem's Environmental Control Plan for Chemically Sensitive Patients, 16926 Eyler's Valley Road, Emmitsburg MD 21727, 301-241-4346
3. Hospitalization for the Chemically Sensitive Patient Selene Anema, RN
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, Reducing PVC in the Office, Saving Money with Tyvek® I.D. Bracelets, Glutaraldehyde, Laboratory Practices, Latex / Gloves, Microfiber Mopping, Mercury, Safe Needles, University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
4. Sustainable Hospitals fact sheets

Nursing Care Plans

1. Care Plan Links ResourceNurse.com
2. Care Plans
3. Guidelines for writing Care Plans for nursing students

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