Best practice for urinary catheters that are already inserted in patients when they arrive to an acute care hospital:
Type of service
Academic paper writing
Type of assignment
Essay
Subject
Nursing
Pages / words
1 / 275
Number of sources
5
Academic level
Master’s
Paper format
Line spacing
Double
Language style
US English
Revision comments
09/24/2019 21:24 PM: This paper does not address the primary question:
What is the best practice for those patients who arrive to the hospital with a urinary catheter already in place?
1. Do we replace the catheter with a new one?
2. Do we leave the catheter in place?
3. Do we culture the urine?
Description
Describe the best practice in caring for patients with urinary catheters that are already inserted in patients when they arrive to an acute care hospital:
-Is it best to remove and replace the catheter?
-Is it best to leave the catheter in place?
Must be sourced from literature in the last 5 years.
