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Remind nurses to watch for CAUTI risk factors
Healthcare facilities are placing ever more attention on reducing incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has placed them on the non-pay list as preventable hospital-acquired conditions.
Encouraging nurses to recognize patients who are at risk of developing CAUTIs can help your prevention efforts. The following populations have increased risk factors for developing CAUTIs:
- Gender (e.g., women are more likely to have UTIs than men)
- Advanced age
- History of urinary tract problems (e.g., enlarged prostate or urologic surgery)
- Neurologic conditions (e.g., spinal cord injury) causing neurogenic bladder problems
- Previous UTIs
- Previous and/or current abnormal voiding patterns
- Current catheter history
- Incontinence
- Comorbid conditions such as diabetes
- Immunosuppression
What other strategies are you using to combat CAUTIs?
Educate and build excitement for the journey to nursing excellence
The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) project director takes on many roles. They attend shared governance meetings, track quality improvement and research projects, gather a team to collect evidence and write narratives for the written documentation, and much more.
But more importantly, a project director needs to educate staff members and build excitement for designation. [more]
Get nursing research underway at your facility
Research is a high-focus area in nursing departments across the country. It is highly emphasized in the 2008 ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® Application Manual, which was released in October. In the new manual, the 14 Forces of Magnetism are now structured under 5 Model Components. Nursing research falls under Component IV: New knowledge, innovations, and improvements, and Component V: Empirical outcomes. Specifically, nurses are expected to conduct research projects. [more]
