An intervention in a general medicine ward found that a medical directive allowing nurses to remove urinary catheters was associated with positive outcomes, according to data published in JAMA ...

A tunnelled central venous catheter (often known as a Hickman line) is a long, fine, hollow silicone tube with an opening at each end. Linda J. Kelly, BA, RGN, is lead nurse, Gartnavel General ...

Toronto-based Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre recently published a medical directive and infographic for nurses on the early removal of urinary catheters from medical ward patients in JAMA ...

A hospital-based medical directive that enables nurses to remove urinary catheters early reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infections and number of days spent with a urinary catheter.

Catheter insertion is a common procedure for nurses to carry out, but the evidence regarding when the varying lubricant gels should be used is sparse Abstract National guidance recommends using a ...

A "fuzzy logic" alarm system may help nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) predict impending catheter infusion failure – and prevent complications in critically ill newborns ...

OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to explore the actions of nurse leaders that facilitated clinical nurses" active involvement in emergency department (ED) catheter-associated urinary tract ...

INNOVATOR Q&A A R.I. nurse has patented an alternative for patients who need catheters “Nobody, no adult, wants to wear a diaper,” said cardiac nurse Katelyn Holt ...