Evidence-Based Practice Project: Education and CAUTI

Evidence-Based Practice Project: Education and CAUTI
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Evidence-Based Practice Project: Education and CAUTI
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection that affects the kidney, ureters, bladder, and urethra. 75% of the UTI cases are associated with catheters. CAUTI is the 4th leading health-related infection. The infections are also costly; for instance, the US annual cost of addressing CAUTIs is $340 billion. CAUTI is the most common hospital-acquired infection. It causes an increase in unnecessary extended hospital stays related to contaminated specimens. Improving technique by requiring a chaperone to ensure sterility during the procedure is the best way to prevent contamination. The prevailing occurrence within the acute care setting is related to nursing tasks and procedures completed with celerity due to the understanding of patients.
Nurse education is the projected solution to CAUTIs since many causes are linked to a lack of knowledge among health professionals. Lack of viable knowledge is the major cause of CAUTI since nurses play a critical role in inserting and maintaining catheters. Answering the clinical question through a good evidence-based approach would significantly improve the annual deaths and secondary effects of CAUTIs.
Using specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, an appropriate search strategy is critical for the evidence-based project. The main databases used to collect information include PubMed, Embase, and MEDLINE. The research focused on high-quality, peer-reviewed, and relevant resources with appropriate keywords, inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria, and databases.
Nurses must have adequate knowledge for managing CAUTIs, and proper quality intervention reduces UrCx from 2.3 to 1.53. A pre/post experimental design can identify the relationship between nurse education and CAUTI prevention. The key findings are r...