Q: At our facility, we change Foley catheters once a month, with the change date written on the treatment record. Regulations lead me to believe they should not be changed routinely. Is that correct?

Certain surgically implanted, or suprapubic, catheters do not improve outcomes that are important for older adults’ well-being, such as functional ability and cognitive status, a study in nursing ...

In catheter care, as in other areas of healthcare, nurses need to base treatment decisions on the best available evidence, but what do they do if the evidence is lacking or inconclusive? Recognising ...

princeton — WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital announced that its orthopedic nursing unit achieved outstanding performance in reducing Foley catheter use, surpassing national benchmarks set by ...

Why have an integrated catheter care pathway package (ICCPP)? AbstractVOL: 99, ISSUE: 44, PAGE NO: 49Karen Logan, MSc, Dip(Man), RGN, is nurse consultant, director of continence services, Gwent ...

The objective of this study is to compare complication rates between peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) and peripherally inserted non-central catheters (PINCCs) in the neonatal intensive ...

A suprapubic catheter is a type of urinary catheter. It empties the bladder through an incision in the belly instead of a tube in the urethra. A catheter usually includes a flexible tube that drains ...