Evidenced Based Research According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately …show more content…
With all evidence available the policy is the safest and most effect method of ensuring safety in the labor and delivery and other hospital departments as a whole. It has been established that insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter exposes a patient to the possibility of urinary tract infection. It has also been established that the longer an indwelling catheter is left in place the risk for infection increases. The recommendation in the policy and procedure support evidenced based research and practice and due to alignment with best practice should not be revised at this time. The policy could be expanded to include nursing actions with timelines as to frequency of indwelling catheter assessment, cleaning, removal, and more. To help aid the nurse in these assessments and interventions the informatics team at Banner could make changes to the EHR to prompt nursing interventions similar to the manner in which overdue medications prompt to ensure compliance with catheter care and