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Difficult Urinary Catheter Navigation Guidelines | Stromness, Lori | 2019 | Background: Knowledge, confidence, and proficiency are paramount for patient safety during urinary catheter (UC) placement, especially when placement becomes difficult. Placement is difficult when the first attempt is not successful. Nurses encountering difficult UC placements are left to try again,... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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Extended Dwell Catheters in the NICU | Chenoweth, Kimberlee | 2017 | Most infants in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) require insertion of a device to acquire vascular access during hospitalization and this is the most common procedure in the NICU. New devices are met with uncertainty due to lack of evidence for their use. Extended dwell catheters (EDC) are new... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |
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CAUTI Prevention and Guideline Education | Vasquez, Carlos A. | 2014 | Urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by foley urinary catheters, accounts for 80% of all nosocomial infections encountered in the hospital setting. The cost of all nosocomial infections in the US is about $340 million dollars annually. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP |