AACN Practice Alerts

AACN Practice Alerts™ are succinct, dynamic directives that are supported by authoritative evidence to ensure excellence in practice and a safe and humane work environment.

Current Alerts

• Alarm Management - [5/2013]

• Bathing the Adult Patient - [4/2013]

• Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections - [11/2011]

• Delirium Assessment and Management - [11/2011] 

• Dye in Enteral Feedings - [12/2009]

• Dysrhythmia Monitoring - [4/2008]

• Family Presence During Resuscitation and Invasive Procedures - [4/2010]

• Family Presence: Visitation in the Adult ICU - [11/2011]

• Noninvasive Blood Pressure Monitoring - [4/2010]

• Oral Care in the Critically Ill - [4/2010]

• Preventing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection - In revision [5/2013]

• Prevention of Aspiration - [11/2011]

• Pulmonary Artery Pressure Measurement - [12/2009]

• Severe Sepsis - In revision [1/2013]

• ST Segment Monitoring - [4/2008]

• Venous Thromboembolism Prevention - [4/2010]

• Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) - [1/2008]

• Verification of Feeding Tube Placement - [4/2010]

About AACN Practice Alerts™

The topics address both nursing and multidisciplinary activities of importance to acutely and critically ill patients or their environments.

AACN Practice Alerts:

• Close research/practice gap
• Provide guidance
• Standardize practice
• Identify/inform about new advances/trends

AACN Practice Alerts are short directives designed for easy reference. The first part of the Practice Alert is the clinical information followed by references to support the clinical statements.

Recognizing that practice is dynamic, AACN Practice Alerts are reviewed and updated to reflect any research-based changes.

Contact

Email practicealerts@aacn.org. Please type "Practice Alerts" in the subject line.

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