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A NURSE LED CENTRAL LINE INSERTION SERVICE
Author(s) -
Casey J.,
Davies J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
edtna‐erca journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1019-083X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2003.tb00314.x
Subject(s) - central venous catheter , medicine , mann–whitney u test , central line , nephrology , test (biology) , nursing , intensive care medicine , surgery , catheter , biology , paleontology
SUMMARY Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANP) are developing their role in order to insert temporary and permanent central venous catheters to facilitate haemodialysis. Two hundred and eighty‐nine central venous catheters (CVC) were inserted over a two‐year period. The ANP inserted 117 CVC with 172 CVC inserted by the nephrology medical team. Using non‐parametric independent two—group comparison Mann Whitney test and Chi‐Squared test, the two groups were compared for specific outcomes. When comparing both groups with respect to CVC longevity, elective and non‐elective removal along with infection (exit site and systemic) no statistical difference between the ANP and the nephrology medical staff could be found.