Standardized Procedures for the Treatment of Osteoporosis

Running head: STANDARDIZED PROCEDURES
Topic: STANDARDIZED PROCEDURES
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Osteoporosis is the most studied and established diseases affecting more than 75
million people among nations like Europe, United States and Japan. Osteoporosis is the
reason behind 8.9 million fractures worldwide. The risk for hip, wrist or vertebral fractures
are in the order of 30 to 40 % among various developed countries. It has the highest rank of
diseases which cause people to suffer from various problems (WHO, 2019).
Standardized procedures are the protocols as well as policies which are usually
formulated by the health care systems which are organized. Thus there must be the
development of standardized procedures by the organized health care system which is before
permission of registered nurses for performing the standardized procedure functions. The
Board for nursing is the governmental organization which is used for the setting of standards
for education for registered nurses, Nurse practitioners, as well as nurse midwifes. Thus this
essay would highlight the generalized policies for nurses at Board of Nursing for the
treatment of osteoporosis. Moreover, it would also discuss with the various management
strategies along with the development as well as approval of various standardized procedures
for the effective treatment of osteoporosis.
General Policy: Standardized procedure for nurses for the treatment of osteoporosis
Purpose
The main purpose of the Board of Nursing is to collaborate with the Allied Health
Professions division which is under the Board of Medical quality assurance (Lake et al.,
2016). Eleven points has been described for the guidelines of the standardized procedures for
the treatment of osteoporosis. Thus there is a need for the establishment of a standardized
procedure under the guidelines outlined by the Board of Nursing so that the nurses perform
the tasks without the need for instantaneous supervision from the doctor.
Development and review

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 All the standardized procedures are usually developed by the Interdisciplinary Committee
after collaboration and approval by them. The membership of the Interdisciplinary practice
committee consists of nurses, physicians, practitioners as well as administrators. They should
conform to the 11 steps of the standardized procedures and the guidelines which are specified
in title 16 in the CCR section 1474.
 All the various standardized procedures should be maintained in a manual which is inclusive
of the dates the signed approval sheets including the persons covered by standardized
procedures.
 The various standardize procedures should be reviewed through an interval of 3 years as well
as practiced by the IDPC.
 Moreover all the changes and the additions to various standardized procedures should be
approved by and accompanied by dated as well as signed sheets of approval.
Scope and setting of the NP
Nurses might perform various functions within their training specialty area as well as
consistency pertaining to their experience as well as credentialing. The various processes
involved in the credentialing is management, assessment as well as treatment of various
chronic illness, contraception as well as common nursing functions of cases pertaining to
health promotion as well as general evaluation of health status. This includes processes like X
rays, laboratory procedures, physical therapies as well as recommending diets and referring
specialty clinics when indicated.
Various function of standardized procedures like management of medication regimens
should be performed like short appointed clinics. Nurses consulting physicians through
person or through telephone is necessary for the process. Consultation of the protocols should
be there for the individual protocols as well as during the following circumstances when there
are emergent conditions which require the promptness of the medical interventions especially
after initial stabilization of care. Moreover, problems which do not get resolved as
anticipated, acute decompensation of the situation of the patient, inconsistent lab findings,

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physical, history within the practical setting pertaining to clinical procedures are to be
considered. Moreover, the nurses should involve the opinion of the supervising physician, as
well as the patient before consulting the physician.
Educational qualifications of the NP
Nurses performing the various functions of standardized procedures should have
current California nursing license as a registered nurse. Moreover, the nurse should be a
graduate of any Nurse practitioner program. She should also have the certification of a
qualified nurse practitioner by the BRN or California Board of Nursing (Au et al., 2016).
There should be proper evaluation of the competence of the nurse’s performance
involving the standardized procedures and its functions. The evaluation should be done in
three stages, initial stage where evaluation of the nurse will occur at intervals of 3,6 ,12
months by the nurse through the nurse manager . This evaluation would be done through
physicians, colleagues, as well as chart reviews which occurs during performance during the
evaluation. Moreover, it should be followed by the routine period where evaluation will be
done annually after first year. This will be done by the manager through the feedback form
which occurs through physicians and colleagues.
Supervision and evaluation
General competency is one of the most important factors to be considered while
evaluation. It is generally evaluated through the probationary period especially through a
proctoring process through the supervising physician (Shin et al., 2015). The registered nurse
is supervised as well as assigned by a physician whose main responsibility is the annual
evaluation of the appropriateness of the practice and the clinical decision-making. A quality
analysis process is usually established for assuring that there are the standards which relates
to the importance of the various aspects of care which are maintained.