Approved Clinical Guidelines for NSW Nurse Practitioners
Cardiac Failure | Diabetes | Drug and Alcohol | Emergency Guidelines | Intensive Care Unit | Mental Health | Neurosurgery | Oncology | Paediatrics | Pain Management | Psychogeriatrics | Renal | Women's Health | Wound ManagementThe following Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nurse Practitioners have been approved for use by a specific NP in their NSW Area Health Service (AHS) or by NSW Health for paediatrics. Permission from the NP and their AHS is required to use any of these. If in any doubt about the appropriateness of use in a different setting, advice should be sought from other experienced clinicians.
Take these factors into account if you consider use of these. The guidelines:
- reflect what was regarded as safe practice at the time of writing. However, as in any clinical situation there may be multiple factors which cannot be covered by a single set of guidelines.
- do not replace the need for the application of clinical judgement to each individual presentation.
- are identified as being able to meet the needs of the NP in a particular clinical environment. There may be issues specific to your clinical environment which mean that different strategies may be required, such as working in a prison or a remote location.
- need to be reviewed in light of the local conditions in which the NP is required to practise.
Cardiac Failure
South Eastern Sydney Illawarra