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Clinical Practice Guidelines/Standards

National Guideline's Clearinghouse
National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC) is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health - Practice Guidelines
A compilation of guidelines that define the role of specific diagnostic and treatment modalities in the diagnosis and management of patients.
Clinical Guidelines from the American College of Physicians
ACP develops several different types of clinical recommendations: Clinical Practice Guidelines, Clinical Guidance Statements, Best Practice Advice, and High Value Care Advice.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - Guidance and Advice List
NICE guidelines make evidence-based recommendations on a wide range of topics, from preventing and managing specific conditions to planning broader services and interventions to improve the health of communities.
National Health and Medical Research Council
In the clinical, public and environmental health fields, NHMRC guidelines provide the evidence-based information needed to achieve best practice.

This list is not exhaustive by any means. It provides a list of places to start your search. Depending on your topic, you may be able to find clinical practice guidelines or standards of care through a different association or one that is more narrowly focused on your topic. Here are some additional associations to check out:

American Academy of Family Practice Physicians
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Diabetes Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
NY Mental Health Clinic

Online Journals

American Journal of Critical Care
The American Journal of Critical Care, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal, is the premier source for evidence-based critical care practice. The journal's mission is to provide its readers with clinically relevant content in every issue and to serve as a vehicle for the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses to achieve its mission of improving the care of critically ill patients and their families.
American Nurse Today
American Nurse Today, the official journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA), is a fresh voice of nursing across America. The journal is a comprehensive, timely, trusted information source that nurses can rely on to enhance patient outcomes, develop their professional careers, and build their educational foundation of best practices
Critical Care Medicine
Critical Care Medicine is the premier peer-reviewed, scientific publication in critical care medicine. Each issue presents critical care practitioners with clinical breakthroughs that lead to better patient care, the latest news on promising research, and advances in equipment and techniques.
Diabetes Care
Diabetes Care is a journal for the health care practitioner that is intended to increase knowledge, stimulate research, and promote better management of people with diabetes.
Heart and Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, the official publication of The American Association of Heart Failure Nurses, presents original, peer-reviewed articles on techniques, advances, investigations, and observations related to the care of patients with acute and critical illness and patients with chronic cardiac or pulmonary disorders.
Journal of Emergency Nursing
The Journal of Emergency Nursing, the official journal of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), is committed to the dissemination of high quality, peer-reviewed manuscripts relevant to all areas of emergency nursing practice across the lifespan.
Journal of Pediatric Health Care
The Journal of Pediatric Health Care, the official journal of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, provides scholarly clinical information and research regarding primary, acute and specialty health care for children of newborn age through young adulthood within a family-centered context.
The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
OJIN is a peer-reviewed, online publication that addresses current topics affecting nursing practice, research, education, and the wider health care sector. Only the newest issues requires membership for access.