566-w4-j: Clinical Guidelines, Practice Standards, And Algorithms

566-W4-J Name Institution Due Date 566-W4-J Discuss the differences between these three tools; clinical guidelines, practice standards, and algorithms and how you see yourself using them in your clinical practice. What is one thing in your practice that you have always done, but you do not really know why you are doing it or why it works? In the nursing world, there are different tools one has to be conversant with. Human is to err, and it is possible to make a mistake regardless of one’s profession. However, the sin of not knowing especially when one is in a sensitive field like nursing is often not forgiven. It is said that ignorance is no defence and thus it is crucial as a nurse to become acquainted with certain tools that will make one’s work easier. In this article, three nursing terms will be distinguished as well as their use in the nursing field. Clinical guidelines are a set of rules or procedures that include recommendations on how to help improve or optimize patient care. As per the Clinical Practice Guideline Manual from the American Academy of Family Physicians, these rules or procedures “are informed by a systematic review of evidence, and an assessment of the benefits and harms of alternative care options” (2019). The article continues to caution that clinical guidelines should be transparent to help ensure that the best evidence is translated or converted to enhanced patient care. I see myself using clinical guidelines in nursing to help ensure that I maintain a work ethic that is free of any malpractice. Additionally, clinical guidelines will also be essential especially when my main goal is to help improve patient care. So, these guidelines will help ensure that I am consistently improving or enhancing patient outcomes by using the best care options. Practice standards, on the other hand, are simply principles that help define what nursing professionals do or are supposed to do ...