A primary care NP is developing a clinical practice guideline for management of a patient population in a midsized suburban hospital. The NP should:
a. use an existing guideline from a leading research hospital.
b. follow the guideline provided by a third-party payer to help ensure reimbursement.
c. review expert opinion and experimental, anecdotal, correlational study data.
d. write the guideline to adhere to long-standing practice protocols already in use.
C
Clinical guidelines should be written using all available evidence as well as expert opinion. Existing guidelines from a different type of hospital may not be based on data generalizable to this population. Third-party payer guidelines are usually weighted toward decreased costs. Long-standing protocols often do not take into account current knowledge and research.
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