From: Implementing nursing best practice guidelines: Impact on patient referrals
BPG | Patient Eligibility Criteria | Participating Program Units |
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Asthma | Patients who present to the participating units with a primary or secondary diagnosis of asthma | Emergency, in-patient and medical units |
Breastfeeding | Postpartum women and their infants with a singleton birth, gestational age of 37 or more weeks, hospital length of stay for mother and infant 24 hours or more after birth, infant not delivered by a midwife. Additional infant criteria included: no major congenital anomalies, no galactasemia. Additional postpartum women criteria included: no documented use of street drugs, no major psychiatric illness, baby not up for adoption. | Labour and delivery, postpartum, neonatal intensive care, and public health unit |
Delirium-Dementia-Depression | Clients admitted to participating units, age 65 years and older. | Surgical, medical and rehabilitation units |
Smoking Cessation | Clients age 18 years and older admitted to participating unit. For outpatients, admission to out-patient services within the past month and currently attending the clinic. | In-patient and out-patient long-term mental health, in-patient unit for drug and alcohol addition, in-patient unit for acute psychiatric disorders, resource unit for nicotine dependency |
Venous Leg Ulcers | All clients with new and recurrent venous leg ulcers. Patients with primary lymphedema, vasculitis, and under diabetic management excluded. | Chronic care unit, wound care clinic, and community care agency |
Diabetes | Adults age 18 and over with a diagnosis of diabetes admitted to one of the participating units. Women with gestational diabetes excluded. | Oncology, medical and diabetes care and education centre and community care agency |