Decreasing urinary tract infections through staff development, outcomes, and nursing process

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-276

  Ribby, Kevin J ^a,b  

^a NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center South Bend   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical nurse specialist; Indwelling catheters; Nosocomial infection; Urinary retention; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MISSISSIPPI; MORBIDITY; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33747190903     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200607000-00013     Document Type: Article

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