Nursing Resources

You are welcome to use the material generously provided by the Nursing Working Group members as intended. However, we respectfully ask that you reference the individual, or individuals, responsible for the material that you use.

In these changing times and with the nursing shortage, more and more nurses are not familiar with the care of patients with bleeding disorders. These three modules were reviewed by the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation's Nursing Working Group. They are designed to orient floor nurses to the care of our patients. Please feel free to use these however you feel appropriate. The areas shaded in yellow are center/facility-specific and should be changed to meet the policies and procedures of your institution. After you have made your changes then click the highlight icon on the toolbar to remove the yellow highlighting. These are guidelines and are not meant to take the place of our institution's policies and procedures.

Emergency Alert Card Templates

Emergency treatment wallet cards are valuable resources for patients with bleeding disorders. These cards provide quick access to critical medical information pertaining to emergency treatment in a patient with a bleeding disorder. The card provides an opportunity to improve patient safety by ensuring that healthcare providers have easy access to vital health information when an unexpected injury or event occurs and also provides enhanced continuity of care allowing emergency providers information to reach primary specialty care teams. These cards do not replace the benefit of medical consultation from the primary team; however, they provide a quick and easy reference to initiate care. The following 7 card templates are available for your use. This card should be completed by the primary specialty care team at a patient’s hemophilia treatment center. The card should be updated at least annually and when any pertinent change in care is provided. The following is a list of available emergency treatment card templates based on bleeding disorder diagnosis:

1. General Bleeding Disorder
2. Von Willebrand Disease
3. Hemophilia A on emicizumab
4. Hemophilia A without inhibitor
5. Hemophilia A with inhibitor
6. Hemophilia B without inhibitor
7. Hemophilia B with inhibitor