In order to make our health promotion and disease prevention strategies more effective we need to get better at using evidence to guide our decisions about interventions (for policy and practice) and to consistently evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in terms of their impact (Vic. Dept of Health website)
ACORN Standards for Perioperative Nursing in Australia
The Standards support Australian perioperative nurses to deliver safe and high-quality evidence-based perioperative care. The Standards also guide Australian perioperative nurses in:
Clinical practice guidelines bring together the best available evidence and make recommendations intended to optimise the care of patients. They are informed by a systematic review of evidence, and an assessment of the benefits and harms of alternative care options.