title: Clinical practice guidelines--an organizational effort.
abstract: In response to the national trend toward developing clinical practice guidelines, AORN set out to create practice guidelines specific to perioperative nursing. In this effort, a designated group of individuals began defining and reviewing guidelines from other organizations and determining parameters for developing AORN's own patient-focused, comprehensive, research-based guidelines. Clinical practice guidelines now have been published in AORN's Standards, Recommended Practices, and Guidelines, and a template has been established to help other AORN members create and implement guidelines for clinical conditions, common procedures, or patient populations specific to perioperative nursing practice.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Beyea
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States