Practice Alerts

AACN Practice Alerts are directives to guide evidence-based nursing practice within the context of a healthy work environment. These alerts are based on published evidence and guidelines. AACN creates each alert in collaboration with nursing subject matter experts and completes the process with reviews by nurses like you.

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Accurate Dysrhythmia Monitoring in Adults

Evidence Update: 5/17/2018

Published: 12/1/2016

Assessing Pain in Critically Ill Adults

Published: 12/1/2018

Assessment and Management of Delirium Across the Life Span

Evidence Update: 10/1/2018

Published: 10/1/2016

Ensuring Accurate ST-Segment Monitoring

Evidence Update: 5/17/2018

Published: 2/1/2016

Facilitating Family Presence During Resuscitation and Invasive Procedures Throughout the Life Span

Published: 12/15/2023

Initial and Ongoing Verification of Feeding Tube Placement in Adults

Evidence Update: 1/29/2020

Published: 4/1/2016

Managing Alarms in Acute Care Across the Life Span: Electrocardiography and Pulse Oximetry

Published: 4/3/2018

Manual Prone Positioning in Adults: Reducing the Risk of Harm Through Evidence-Based Practices

Published: 2/1/2023

Obtaining Accurate Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurements in Adults

Published: 6/1/2016

Last Reviewed: 5/1/2021

PA/CVP Monitoring in Adults

Published: 8/1/2016

Last Reviewed: 7/1/2021

Preventing Venous Thromboembolism in Adults

Published: 10/1/2016

Prevention of Aspiration in Adults

Evidence Update: 5/17/2018

Published: 2/1/2016

Prevention of CAUTI in Adults

Published: 7/31/2016

Last Reviewed: 4/29/2022

AACN Levels of Evidence