AMDA has published the following Clinical Practice Guidelines specifically for use in long term care settings. The subjects are noted below (year of publication is indicated in parentheses). Click on a CPG title for a description.
Each guideline is presented in a user-friendly format, and contains an introduction explaining the purpose, development process, and terminology; a step-by-step narrative text that covers definition, recognition, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of the condition discussed; and an algorithm that summarizes the steps involved in addressing the condition.
These guidelines were developed by interdisciplinary workgroups using a process combining evidence- and consensus-based thinking, and reviewed by several national organizations and individual experts. As a result, these guidelines are applicable to members of the long-term care interdisciplinary team including physicians, nurses, consultant pharmacists, and others.
Guidelines may be ordered individually or as a full set; multiple copies of each individual guideline are also available.
For more information on AMDA's continuing program of clinical practice guideline development, please call or write AMDA, or send e-mail to AMDA Clinical Affairs.
For a complete listing of AMDA resources, follow this link.