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2 Trimester Rotunda Library Newsletter Guidelines Objectives and Searching Sources Guidelines are a recommended practice that allows some discretion or leeway in its interpretation, implementation, or use. Clinical Practice Guidelines provide general recommendations based on population data and are applicable to specific groups of women. The Pros of using Guidelines: Present recognised methods and techniques of clinical practice, based on published evidence. Efficiency improves when uniform solutions can be used. Ensure clinicians meet the standards set by regulatory bodies. Enable people to be accountable for their care, knowing how they will be cared for in a consistent evidence-based approach. They provide a minimum standard of care and also provide a sequence of events that should occur in investigating or treating a specific case. The Cons of using Guidelines: Not every patient or situation fits neatly into a guideline. A guideline may not cover every eventuality and each patient’s circumstance needs to be taken into consideration when a treatment is decided upon. Search Engines for Guidelines Some guidelines are controversial as in some cases they are developed with only level 1 evidence. ♦ PUBMED ♦ CINAHL ♦ NICE WEBSITE ♦ Some doctors are critical of guidelines that may be too restrictive in their recommendations. GOOGLE The Recommended places to Search in order to Find Guidelines are: Irish Nursing & Midwives Organisation Irish Nursing and Midwifery Board HIQA - Catalogue of National Health Information Sources, HIQA Guidance Documents For Guidelines in the UK: NICE - National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence GAIN - Guidelines and Audit Implementation Network Professional Organisations and Royal Colleges - RCOG, RCM Guidelines Reading List - Alternative Resources: The Strengthening Midwifery Toolkit: http://www.who.int/maternal child adolescent/documents/strengthening midwifery toolkit/ en/index.html. en/index.html. pregna gnant National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Guidelines for antenatal care: routine care for the healthy pregnant woman. Guideline 62. NICE London: 2008, updated 2010.