Hospitalized adult patients are at increased risk for adverse outcomes, particularly when undergoing invasive procedures that include indwelling urinary catheterization. This study identified factors associated with nurses' adoption of an evidence-based practice to reduce the duration of catheterization and potential for catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitalized adults.
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Conner BT, Kelechi TJ, Nemeth LS, Mueller M, Edlund BJ, Krein SL Are you the author?
College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina (Drs Conner, Kelechi, Nemeth, Mueller, and Edlund); and VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Dr Krein)
Reference: J Nurs Care Qual. 2013 Feb 5. (Epub ahead of print)
doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3182852ce7
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23389260
