Advancing the Development of the Guidelines for the Nursing of Children, Adolescents, and Families: 2014 Revision: Process, Development, and Dissemination

• The 2014 Guidelines Revision Task Force conducted an extensive process of revision of the original Health Care Quality and Outcomes Guidelines for Nursing of Children and Families resulting in the revision entitled Health Care Quality and Outcomes Guidelines for Nursing of Children, Adolescents, and Families.
• These Guidelines are designed for use by pediatric and child health nurses who work in a range of health care and community-based settings.
• The Guidelines are proposed to be used as a framework for nurse-directed services and interventions development and testing, as a model for undergraduate and graduate pediatric and child health nursing program curriculum development, and as the theoretical basis for nursing investigations on the care of children, adolescents, and families.

This article details the process used to develop the revision of the original Guidelines that resulted in the development of the 2014 Health Care Quality and Outcomes Guidelines for Nursing of Children, Adolescents, and Families. Members of the 2014 Guidelines Revision Task Force conducted an extensive process of revision, which included the input and approval of 16 pediatric and child health nursing and affiliated organizational endorsements. The revised Guidelines were presented to and endorsed by the American Academy of Nursing Board. These Guidelines are designed for use by pediatric and child health nurses who work in a range of health care and community-based settings. The Guidelines are proposed to be used as a framework for nurse-directed services and intervention development and testing, as a model for undergraduate and graduate pediatric and child health nursing program curriculum development, and as the theoretical basis for nursing investigations on the care of children, adolescents, and families.