Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 8 EBP 1081 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Attribute Four — Clinical Flexibility
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The idea
A guideline is clinically flexible when it identifies the exceptions to its recommendations and how patient preferences should be taken into account.
In practice
A recommendation stating the circumstances in which it should not be followed.
Where people slip
A guideline with no stated exceptions is claiming there are none, which is rarely true and never checked.
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