Online Companion: Nursing Fundamentals: Caring & Clinical Decision Making

Web Sites
Chapter 14: Implementation

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clinical Practice Guidelines
http://www.ahcpr.gov/
Provides United States federal government’s clinical practice guidelines for a variety of conditions.

Definition of Nursing Delegation
http://www.dora.state.co.us/
Find a definition of nursing delegation under “Nursing” on this site.

Delegation of Authority
http://juns.nursing.arizona.edu/
Leslie Rhom, from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, describes nursing delegation on this web page.

IPRO’s Discharge Planning Rights for Medicare Beneficiaries
http://www.ipro.org/
Outlines the rights of Medicare beneficiaries to appropriate discharge planning services

University of Iowa Center for Nursing Classification and Clinical Effectiveness
http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/
Offers information about the center and faculty research on the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).