Open Access<p>Nurses’ Attitudes and Knowledge of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Maintenance in Primary Hospitals in China: A Cross-Sectional Survey</p>
Author(s) -
Binbin Xu,
Jinghui Zhang,
Jianmei Hou,
Mengdan Ma,
Zhihong Gong,
Siyuan Tang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s250741
Subject(s) - peripherally inserted central catheter , promotion (chess) , medicine , china , nursing , cross sectional study , family medicine , catheter , surgery , pathology , politics , political science , law
The promotion of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) maintenance in primary hospitals can benefit discharged patients with PICCs living in remote areas a lot. Yet, no primary hospitals had introduced PICC maintenance technology in Hunan province, China. The present study aimed to evaluate nurses' attitudes and knowledge of PICC maintenance in primary hospitals in Hunan province, China.