title: Nursing specialty practice guidelines: the implications for clinical scholarship and early intervention practice.  American Nurses' Association.
abstract: Specialty practice guidelines provide the nursing profession with the opportunity to examine, document, and revise practice, thus contributing to clinical scholarship and nursing science. The development and evaluation of one particular specialty practice guideline, the Children with Special Health Care Needs Guidelines, and the implications for early intervention practice are described. Recommendations for clinical research and usage for the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendment of 1986 (Public Law 99-457) are included.
authors.affiliation: Parent and Child Nursing Department, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Magyary
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kieckhefer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Padgett
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000451:nursing; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004282:Documentation; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000592:standards*