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We now have access to AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice.

If you have trouble accessing AORN Guidelines, please reach out to a member of the library staff.

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

• Resources for Staffing in Acute & Critical Care
• Resources for Quality/Patient Safety
• AACN Guiding Principles for Appropriate Staffing (September 2018)
• Appropriate Staffing
• AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care
• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. AACN standards for establishing and sustaining healthy work environments: a journey to excellence. Am J Crit Care. 2005;14(3):187-197.
• Nurse Staffing: A Reason to Leave and a Reason to Stay (AACN Blog, Jul 15, 2021)

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)

• Guidelines
• Robnett MK. Critical care nursing: workforce issues and potential solutions. Crit Care Med. 2006;34(3 Suppl):S25-S31. doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000203087.42439.53
• D'Lima DM, Murray EJ, Brett SJ. Perceptions of Risk and Safety in the ICU: A Qualitative Study of Cognitive Processes Relating to Staffing. Crit Care Med. 2018;46(1):60-70. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000002773
• Penoyer DA. Nurse staffing and patient outcomes in critical care: a concise review. Crit Care Med. 2010;38(7):1521-1529. doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e47888
• Weled BJ, Adzhigirey LA, Hodgman TM, et al. Critical Care Delivery: The Importance of Process of Care and ICU Structure to Improved Outcomes: An Update From the American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force on Models of Critical Care. Crit Care Med. 2015;43(7):1520-1525. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000000978

American Nurses Association (ANA)

• Nurse Staffing

Of Interest

• AHRQ: Nursing and Patient Safety (April 21, 2021)
• Cassidy J, Munari D, Forbes D, Remick K, Martin MJ. Surge or submerge? Predicting nurse staffing, medical hold capacity, and maximal patient care capabilities in the combat environment. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019;87(1S Suppl 1):S152-S158. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000002283
• Chamberlain D, Pollock W, Fulbrook P; ACCCN Workforce Standards Development Group. ACCCN Workforce Standards for Intensive Care Nursing: Systematic and evidence review, development, and appraisal. Aust Crit Care. 2018;31(5):292-302. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2017.08.007
• McHugh MD, Aiken LH, Sloane DM, Windsor C, Douglas C, Yates P. Effects of nurse-to-patient ratio legislation on nurse staffing and patient mortality, readmissions, and length of stay: a prospective study in a panel of hospitals. Lancet. 2021;397(10288):1905-1913. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00768-6
• National Association of Neonatal Nurses: RN Staffing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, November 2014.
• UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance (UKCCNA): UKCCNA Position Statement: Critical Care Nurse Staffing during Surge, September 2021
• World Federation of Critical Care Nurses 2019 Position Statement: Provision of a Critical Care Nursing Workforce; Connect: The World of Critical Care Nursing, Vol 13, Issue 1, DOI: 10.1891/1748-6254.13.1.3

• EBSCO provides discharge Instructions for COVID-19 (Suspected or Confirmed) - English or Spanish
• EBSCO Health Patient Education on COVID-19 - English or Spanish

Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, 10th ed.

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