title: Standards of care: are they being used?
abstract: Electronic access to standards of care is viewed as a promising strategy for increasing evidence-based practice. Before determining whether electronic access to standards will increase nurses' use of standards of care, data on their current rate of utilization are needed. Using 2 standards of care, Fluid Volume Excess and Manic Behavior, we used retrospective chart reviews to gather baseline information. Insights from these findings are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA. Beth-AnneChristopher@rush.edu
authors.forename: Beth-Anne
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Christopher
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flood
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krch-Cole
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D009737:Nursing Records; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000592:standards*