NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICIES and PROCEDURES FOREWORD
These policies and procedures are offered as a resource for use by the staff at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Homes (VMHs) as they attempt to determine how best to achieve the goal of providing each resident with appropriate health care. They are not intended to replace the informed judgment and professional discretion of individual nurses, physicians, and other clinicians. They are not intended as a statement of the minimum standard of care applicable to the assessment or treatment of any particular condition. They are not intended to supersede the standards of practice prevailing in the community in which the VMH is located. They are not intended as a statement of a mandatory policy. These procedures are one of many available resources, chief among which is the individual clinician’s own training, experience, and judgment that may be considered in the assessment and treatment of the needs of each resident. Facilities and health care providers may, in their own practice, vary from the policies and procedures set forth in this manual. In some instances, the Standards of Practice in the local community or the informed judgment of the individual clinician may warrant a method, technique, or frequency of assessment or treatment, other than what is suggested in this manual. Even when the VMHs undertake to follow the procedures set forth in this manual, the unique circumstances and needs of each resident and the varying demands on the time, attention, and skill of each member of the VMH staff may not, despite the exercise of reasonable diligence and skill, permit the VMH or any given member of the staff to follow these procedures with perfection. The procedures set forth in this manual offer suggested methods and techniques for achieving optimal health care, not a minimum standard below which residents necessarily would be placed at risk.
Revised: May 2011 |