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Medical Directive for Urinary Catheter Removal by Nurses on General Medical Wards

Author(s) -

Jerome A. Leis,

Carla Corpus,

Armin Rahmani,

Barbara Catt,

Brian M. Wong,

Sandra Callery,

Mary Vearncombe

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6319

Subject(s) - medicine , directive , urinary catheter , urinary system , intensive care medicine , urinary catheterization , catheter , medical emergency , nursing , surgery , computer science , programming language

LESS IS MORE Medical Directive for Urinary Catheter Removal by Nurses on General Medical Wards Leaving a urinary catheter (UC) in place without indication has been identified as one of “Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question” by the Society of Hospital Medicine and the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine.1,2 On a busy general medical (GM) ward, delays in reassessment of UCs can lead to catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI).3 Interventions aimed at physicians reduce unnecessary UC use,4 but empowering nurses to remove UCs through the use of medical directives remains an underused strategy.5

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