Volume : 09, Issue : 08, August – 2022
Title:
10.NURSING EXPERIENCES IN URINARY CATHETER INSERTION PRACTICES IN ADMITTED PATIENTS
Authors :
Sajida Perveen, Kalsoom Iqbal, Tahira Shaheen
Abstract :
Objective: The objective of this pilot study is to encompass experience of registered nurses in terms of their practices and perceptions of indwelling urinary catheters and their projected uneventful duration of stay. Introduction: Safeguarding patients from urinary tract infections resulting from indwelling urinary catheters is a major challenge for the healthcare delivery system. Recently it has been established clinically that different urinary catheters have their own validity for their duration of insertion getting infected (Blodgett, 2009).1 Nurses play a key role in developing strategies for placing and maintaining catheters to check the incidence of UTIs. Materials and Methods: A convenience sample of 100 registered nurses working in medical surgical and ICUs of Mayo Hospital Lahore was enrolled in this study during January 2021 to April 2021. The perceptions of urinary catheters utilization was measured using the five-point Likert scale (Burns & Grove, 2005).2 Length of stay and days of catheter in-situ was confirmed from the history sheets of admitted patients from the hospital record room. Results: It was identified that the extent of catheter insertion is not closely looked upon in developing the management plans and daily nursing notes of admitted patients. Conclusion: In order to mitigate the catheter associated ascending infections, the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the nurses should be revolutionized through coherent, evidence and guidelines based learning programs and revision of hospital policies.
Keywords: indwelling urinary catheters, urinary tract infections (UTIs), nurses perception and practices
Cite This Article:
Please cite this article in press Sajida Perveen et al, Nursing Experiences In Urinary Catheter Insertion Practices In Admitted Patients., Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2022; 09(8).,
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