Browsing by Funders "Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care"
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Adult asthma care guidelines for nurses: Promoting control of asthma
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2007-02)The purpose of this best practice guideline is to provide nurses (RNs and RPNs) working in diverse settings with an evidence-based summary of basic asthma care for adults. The guideline aims to assist nurses and their ... -
Assessment and device selection for vascular access
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2008)This best practice guideline focuses on assisting all nurses providing care to clients requiring infusion therapy in diverse practice settings, both institutional and community. This guideline incorporates best practices ... -
Assessment and management of foot ulcers for people with diabetes
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2013-03)This guideline has been developed to address the question of how to assess and manage people with established diagnosis of diabetic foot ulcer(s). It provides evidence-based recommendations to all nurses and the interprofessional ... -
Assessment and management of pain
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2013-12)This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for nurses and other members of the interprofessional team who are assessing and managing people with the presence, or risk of, any type of pain. -
Assessment and management of stage I to IV pressure ulcers
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2007-03)The purpose of this guideline, Assessment and Management of Stage I to IV Pressure Ulcers (Revised), is to identify nursing care related to assessment, management of tissue load, ulcer care and the management of bacterial ... -
Assessment and management of venous leg ulcers
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2004-03)The purpose of this guideline is to:- improve outcomes for venous leg ulcer clients- assist practitioners to apply the best available research evidence to clinical decisions- promote the responsible use of healthcare resources -
Best practice guideline for the subcutaneous administration of insulin in adults with type 2 diabetes
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2009-06)The focus of this guideline is to support nurses, Registered Nurses (RNs) and Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) in all practice settings, as they care for clients (18 years and older) with type 2 diabetes requiring ... -
Breastfeeding best practice guidelines for nurses
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2003-09)The purpose of this guideline is to improve breastfeeding outcomes for mothers and infants, to assist practitioners to apply the best available research evidence to clinical decisions, and to promote the responsible ... -
Care and maintenance to reduce vascular access complications
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2008)This best practice guideline focuses on assisting all nurses in diverse practice settings, both institutional and community, who provide care to clients requiring vascular access. This guideline incorporates best ... -
Care transitions
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2014-03)This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for nurses and other members of the interprofessional team who are assessing and managing clients undergoing a care transition. -
Caregiving strategies for older adults with delirium, dementia and depression
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2010-05)This guideline has been developed to address the question of how best to care for older adults (65 years or older) with delirium, dementia and/or depression. It is the intent of this document to recommend care strategies ... -
Client Centred Care
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2006-03)The purpose of this guideline is the development and utilization of “client centred” best practice for all health sectors, which empowers the client, improves client satisfaction, and enhances quality of care and quality ... -
Collaborative practice among nursing teams
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2006-11)The focus for the development of this guideline was collaborative practice among nursing teams with the view that this may be a first stage in a multi-staged process that could eventually result in interprofessional ... -
Crisis intervention
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2006-03)This guideline describes best practice in crisis intervention. While its primary focus is on mental health crises, its application has relevance to all settings and populations who experience developmental, situational, ... -
Decision support for adults living with chronic kidney disease
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2009-07)The purpose of this best practice guideline is: To help nurses recognize patients with CKD experiencing decisional conflict related to situations in which there is more than one option available for managing their ... -
Developing and sustaining effective staffing and workload practices
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2007-12)The guideline was developed to identify and describe: - Staffing and workload practices that foster healthy work environments resulting in better outcomes for nurses. - System resources that support healthy staffing ... -
Developing and sustaining interprofessional healthcare: Optimizing patient, organizational, and system outcomes
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2013-12)This best practice guideline, Developing and Sustaining Interprofessional Health Care: Optimizing patients/clients, organizational, and system outcomes is intended to foster healthy work environments. The focus in developing ... -
Developing and sustaining nursing leadership
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2013-07)This guideline is intended to assist nurses and others performing both formal and informal nursing leadership roles from the point-of-care to the board room, across a variety of practice domains and settings. It identifies ... -
Embracing cultural diversity in health care: Developing cultural competence
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2007-04)This guideline addresses:- Knowledge, competencies and behaviours that exist in culturally competent workplaces- Indicators and features of culturally competent practice settings- Organizational values, relationships, ... -
Engaging clients who use substances
(Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2015-03)This Guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for nurses and other members of the interprofessional team across all care settings who are assessing and providing interventions to individuals who use substances and ...
