Clinical Question
The clinical question for this quantitative article is: How can we apply Evidence-Based practice instead of using traditional practice in order to have a better outcome for preventing secondary infections in inpatients such as CAUTIs?
The clinical question for this qualitative article is: Does education of nurses on specific catheter protocols decreases the risk and incidence of urinary tract infections in-patient’s with hip fractures?
The Problem
The problem that this paper address is weather nurse driven protocol is effective at reducing CAUTIs. Secondary infection such as CAUTIs will and have continue to cost hospitals billions of dollars each year and risk to patient’s safety. With the application of evidence-based practice, we as nurses can decrease and prevent CAUTIs at a significance rate. Therefore, the implementation of a nurse driven protocol to remove unnecessary indwelling urethral catheters and decrease the number of catheter device days will ultimately reduce the incidence of catheter associated urinary tract infections (Retcher, 2014).
Description of the Findings
Concepts …show more content…
Applying effective evidence-based practice is an importance aspect of nursing, in order to improve patient safety and quality of care. The American Nurse Association states that nurses have enormous impact on the reduction of UTIs, since they are always assessing clients (Decision-making tool to prevent CAUTIs now available, 2015). Evidence-based practice shows that patients would greatly benefit from nurse-driven protocols designed to prevent CAUTIs independently instead of physician’s orders, which it has always been done this way (Retcher,
The clinical question for this quantitative article is: How can we apply Evidence-Based practice instead of using traditional practice in order to have a better outcome for preventing secondary infections in inpatients such as CAUTIs?
The clinical question for this qualitative article is: Does education of nurses on specific catheter protocols decreases the risk and incidence of urinary tract infections in-patient’s with hip fractures?
The Problem
The problem that this paper address is weather nurse driven protocol is effective at reducing CAUTIs. Secondary infection such as CAUTIs will and have continue to cost hospitals billions of dollars each year and risk to patient’s safety. With the application of evidence-based practice, we as nurses can decrease and prevent CAUTIs at a significance rate. Therefore, the implementation of a nurse driven protocol to remove unnecessary indwelling urethral catheters and decrease the number of catheter device days will ultimately reduce the incidence of catheter associated urinary tract infections (Retcher, 2014).
Description of the Findings
Concepts …show more content…
Applying effective evidence-based practice is an importance aspect of nursing, in order to improve patient safety and quality of care. The American Nurse Association states that nurses have enormous impact on the reduction of UTIs, since they are always assessing clients (Decision-making tool to prevent CAUTIs now available, 2015). Evidence-based practice shows that patients would greatly benefit from nurse-driven protocols designed to prevent CAUTIs independently instead of physician’s orders, which it has always been done this way (Retcher,