title: The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) publishes several evidence-based documents, including Practice Alerts, Procedure Manuals, and Protocols for Practice. What are the differences among these 3 publications and when should each one be used?
authors: Clinical Research and Critical Care Nursing in Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors: Marianne
authors: M
authors: Chulay
authors: Joyce
authors: J
authors: Hall
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D015399:Nursing Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States