Clinical Practice Guidelines
Nanette Lavoie-Vaughan, M.S.N., APN
Workshop- Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines
Nanette Lavoie-Vaughan, MSN, APN

Audience- Long term care staff

Teaching Methods- Powerpoint, Group assignments, Role play, Case
study

Objectives:
At the completion of this program, the participant will be able to:
1.        Identify the members of a CPG task force.
2.        Determine how to identify the guidelines that need to be
   implemented.
3.        Understand the tasks involved in CPG implementation.
4.        Utilizing a case study, prepare a plan for a sample CPG
   implementation.


Outline
1.        Background and history of CPGs
2.        Getting started
  A.        Source documents
  B.        Quality indicators
  C.        Support
3.        Writing goal statements
4.        Assessment
  A.        Knowledge, Tasks and Measures
  B.        Staff knowledge, skills and training
  C.        Care delivery processes
  D.        Outcome indicators
5.        Implementation
  A.        Methodology and Timeline
  B.        Task Assignments
  C.        Refine outcome indicators
  D.        Final preparation
6.        Monitoring
  A.        Evaluation
  B.        Process improvement
  C.        Feedback
7.        Case study
  A.        Group discussion
  B.        Plan development
8.        Review of AMDA Guidelines