Sample References
Sample of Standards, Guidelines, Protocols, and Position Statements referenced throughout product.
Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Clinical Practice Guidelines
American Academy of Family Physicians Clinical Practice Guidelines
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Guidelines
American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on the Fetus and Newborn statement
American Association of Critical Care Nurse’s (AACN) Standards and Protocols
American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Clinical Practice Guidelines
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists
American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guidelines
American Geriatrics Society Guidelines
American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines and Practice Standards
American Psychiatric Association (APA) Taskforces
American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses Practice Guidelines
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Guidelines and Standards
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Guidelines, Standards and Position Statements
Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) Guidelines and Statements
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses Standards
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) standards and guidelines
Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing from the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
Core Curriculum for Neuroscience Nursing from the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
Department of Health and Human Services Standards
Emergency Nurse Association (ENA) Standards and Guidelines
Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Standards
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) Guidelines
Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Guidelines
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Guidelines
The Joint Commission’s Guidelines as stated in the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals
Oncology Nurses Society’s (ONS) Practice Guidelines and Recommendations
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
National Association of Neonatal Nurses Position Statements
National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Guidelines
National Kidney Foundation NKF/KDOQI Guidelines
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of American (SHEA) Guidelines<
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Standards
World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines
Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) Guidelines and Position Statements
Society and National Health Care Guidelines Sample References
"Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice," Journal of Intravenous Nursing (1S) January-February 2011.
“A Guide to Bed Safety: Bed Rails in Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Home Health Care: The Facts.” U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Revised April 2010. Accessed January 2011.
American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. "The Apgar Score," Pediatrics 117(4):1444-447, April 2006. Reaffirmed 2009.
American Academy of Pediatrics (2010, June 22). "Why Formula Instead of Cow's Milk" [Online]. Accessed October 2010.
American Association of Blood Banks. Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services, 26th ed. Bethesda, Md.: American Association of Blood Banks, 2009.
American Association of Critical Care Nurses. (2008, April). "Practice Alert: Dysrhythmia Monitoring" [Online]. Accessed January 2011.
American Burn Association. (2009). "American Burn Association White Paper: Surgical Management of the Burn Wound and Use of Skin Substitutes" [Online]. Accessed January 2011.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. "ACOG Practice Bulletin: Clinical Management Guidelines for Obstetrician-Gynecologists Number 106, Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Nomenclature, Interpretation, and General Management Principles," Obstetrics and Gynecology 114(1):192-202, July 2009.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Obstetric Practice. "ACOG Committee Opinion Number 465: Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Cesarean Delivery: Timing of Administration," Obstetrics and Gynecology 116(3):791-92, September 2010.
American Diabetes Association. "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2010," Diabetes Care 32(Suppl 1)S13-S61, January 2009.
American Heart Association. "2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care," Circulation 122(Suppl 3), November 2010.
American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Chronic Pain Management and American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. "Practice Guidelines for Chronic Pain Management: An Updated Report," Anesthesiology 112(4):810-33, April 2010.
American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. (2009, June 3). "Practice Recommendations: Practice Management Materials. The Cervix: Colposcopy of the Uterine Cervix" [Online]. Accessed August 2010.
An APIC Guide 2009: Guide to the Elimination of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Washington, D.C.: Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, 2009.
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. Standards, Recommended Practices, and Guidelines: For Inpatients and Ambulatory Settings . Denver: AORN, Inc., 2011.
Brown, K., et al. Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice, 2nd ed. Pittsburgh: Oncology Nursing Society, 2005.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “ Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections” MMWR 51(RR-10):1-26, August 2002. Accessed January 2011.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007." Accessed January 2011.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2008, October 1). "Guidelines for Specimen Collection" [Online]. Accessed October 2010.
Clinical Practice Guidelines Task Force; Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates. "Clinical Practice Guidelines: Adult Clean Intermittent Catheterization" [Online], Accessed August 2010.
Conner, R., et al., eds. "Recommended Practices for Maintaining a Sterile Field," in Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices. Denver: AORN, 2010.
Gould, C.V. et al. (2009). "Guideline for the Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections" [Online]. Accessed January 2011.
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement. Health Care Protocol: Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment Protocol, 2nd ed. April 2010. Accessed August 2010.
Institute of Safe Medication Practices. (2008). "ISMP's List of High-Alert Medications" [Online]. Accessed October 2010.
The Joint Commission. (2009, March). "Official 'Do Not Use' List and 'Additional Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols'" [Online]. Accessed January 2010.
National Kidney Foundation/KDOQI. (2006). "Clinical Practice Guidelines for Peritoneal Dialysis Adequacy, Update 2006" [Online]. Accessed August 2010.
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (2009). "Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guidelines" [Online]. Accessed August 2010.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. "Bloodborne Pathogens, Standard Number 1910.1030" [Online]. Accessed January 2010.
Vergare, M.J., et al. "Practice Guideline for the Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults, Second Edition," June 2006. Accessed September 2007.
World Health Organization. WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care: First Global Patient Safety Challenge, Clean Care is Safer Care. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2009. Accessed January 2011.
Evidence-based Reference Samples
Alfirevic, Z., et al. "Intravenous Oxytocin Alone for Cervical Ripening and Induction of Labour," Cochrane Database of Systematic Review (4):CD003246, October 2009.
Bissada, H., et al. "Olanzapine in the Treatment of Low Body Weight and Obsessive Thinking in Women with Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial," American Journal of Psychiatry 165(10):1281-8, October 2008.
Bleasdale, S.C., et al. "Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Catheter-associated Bloodstream Infections in Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients," Archives of Internal Medicine 167(19):2073-2079, October 2007.
Broström, A., et al. "Putative Facilitators and Barriers for Adherence to CPAP Treatment in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Qualitative Content Analysis," Sleep Medicine 11(2):126-30, February 2010.
Bubner, T.K., et al. "Effectiveness of Point-of-Care Testing For Therapeutic Control Of Chronic Conditions: Results From The POCT In General Practice Trial," Medical Journal of Australia 190(11):624-6, June 2009.
Campbell, L.A., and Kisely, S.R. "Advance Treatment Directives for People with Severe Mental Illness," Cochrane Database of System Reviews 21;(1):CD005963, January 2009.
Giorlandino, C., et al. "Antibiotic Prophylaxis Before Second-Trimester Genetic Amniocentesis (APGA): A Single-Centre Open Randomised Controlled Trial," Prenatal Diagnosis 29(6):606-612, June 2009.
Goldstein, C., et al. "Electrical Stimulation for Fracture Healing: Current Evidence," Journal of Orthopedic Trauma 24 (Suppl 1):S62-S65, March 2010.
Kallert, T.W., et al. "Involuntary vs. Voluntary Hospital Admission: A Systematic Literature Review on Outcome Diversity," European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 258(4):195-209, June 2008.
Li, Y., et al. "Systematic Review of Controlled Clinical Trials of Gastric Lavage in Acute Organophosphorus Pesticide Poisoning," Clinical Toxicology 47(3):179-92, March 2009.
Matsuda, Y., and Kamitomo, M. "Amniotic Fluid Embolism: A Comparison between Patients Who Survived and Those Who Died," International Journal of Medical Research 37(5):1515-21, September-October 2009.
Nolan, A., and Lawrence, C. "A Pilot Study of a Nursing Intervention Protocol to Minimize Maternal-Infant Separation after Cesarean Birth," Journal of Obstetric Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing 38(4):430-42, July-August 2009.
Olson, D.M., et al. "A Randomized Evaluation of Bispectral Index-Augmented Sedation Assessment in Neurological Patients," Neurocritical Care 11(1):20-7, January 2009.
Taenzer, A.H., et al. "Impact of Pulse Oximetry Surveillance on Rescue Events and Intensive Care Unit Transfers: A Before-and-After Concurrence Study," Anesthesiology 112(2):282-7, February 2010.
Wei, S., et al. "Early Amniotomy and Early Oxytocin for Prevention of, or Therapy for, Delay in First Stage Spontaneous Labour Compared with Routine Care," Cochrane Database for Systematic Reviews (2):CD006794, April 2009.
Westbrook, J. et al. "Association of Interruptions with an Increased Risk and Severity of Medication Administration Errors," Archives of Internal Medicine 170(8):683-690, April 26, 2010.
Yang, Q., et al. "Comparison of Maternal Risk Factors between Placental Abruption and Placenta Previa," American Journal of Perinatology 26(4):279-86, April 2009.
Yang, M., et al. "Chest Physiotherapy for Pneumonia in Adults," Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2:CD006338, February 2010.
Zibaeenezhad, M.J., and Mazloum, Y. "Heparin Infusion After Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Prospective, Randomized Trial," Acta Cardiologica 64(1):65-70, February 2009.
Textbook and Reference Book Samples
Alexander, M., et al., eds. Infusion Nurses Society. Infusion Nursing: An Evidence-based Approach. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2010.
Baranoski, S., and Ayello, E. Wound Care Essentials Practice and Principles, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
Bickley, L. Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and Health History Taking, 10th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
Bowden, V., and Greenberg, C.S. Pediatric Nursing Procedures, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
Brown, K., et al. Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice, 3rd ed. Pittsburgh: Oncology Nursing Society, 2009.
Craven, R.F., and Hirnle, C.J. Fundamentals of Nursing: Human Health and Function, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
Fischbach, F., and Dunning, M.B. A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
Hickey, J.V. The Clinical Practice of Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
King, C., and Henretig, F.M., eds. Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
Lynn-McHale Wiegand, D., ed. AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2011.
Nettina, S.M. Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, 9th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.
Matteson, S., and Smith, J.E., eds. Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing, 4th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2011.
Mohr, W.K. Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Evidence-Based Concepts, Skills, and Practices, 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
Pillitteri, A. Maternal and Child Health Nursing Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.
Smeltzer, S.C., et al. Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical-Nursing, 12th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
Taylor, C., et al. Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Nursing Care, 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.
The Joint Commission. Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook. 2011.
Verger, J.T., and Lebet, R.M., eds. AACN Procedure Manual for Pediatric Acute and Critical Care. St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier, 2008.
Wheeless, C.R. III, et al., eds. "Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics". 2010.
