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Emergency Department Placement and Management of Indwelling Urinary Catheters in Older Adults: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice.

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UNLABELLED:Indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs) are placed frequently in older adults in the emergency department (ED). Though often a critical intervention, IUCs carry significant risks. Our objective was to examine current knowledge, attitudes, and practice of emergency nurses and other providers regarding IUC placement and management in older adults. METHODS:We surveyed ED providers at a large, urban, academic medical center. We developed questionnaires using items from previously validated instruments and questions created for this study. We also assessed providers' management of 25 unique clinical scenarios, each representing an established appropriate or inappropriate indication for IUC placement. RESULTS:129 ED providers participated: 43 nurses and 86 other providers. Ninety-one percent of nurses and 87% of other providers reported comfort with appropriate indications for IUC placement. Despite this, on the clinical vignettes, nurses correctly identified the appropriate approach for IUC placement in only 40% of cases and other providers in only 37%. Practice varied widely between individual providers, with the nurse participants reporting appropriate practice in 16%-64% of clinical scenarios and other providers in 8%-68%. Few nurses or other providers reported reassessing their patients for IUC removal at transfer to the hospital (28% of nurses and 7% of other providers), admission (24% and 14%), or shift change (14% and 8%). DISCUSSION:Although emergency nurses and other providers report comfort with appropriate indications for IUC placement, reported practice patterns showed inconsistencies with established guidelines. Wide practice variation exists between individual providers. Moreover, nurses and other providers infrequently consider IUC removal after placement.

journal_name

J Emerg Nurs

journal_title

Journal of emergency nursing

authors

Viswanathan K,Rosen T,Mulcare MR,Clark S,Hayes J,Lachs MS,Flomenbaum NE

doi

10.1016/j.jen.2015.02.013

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-09-01 00:00:00

pages

414-22

issue

eissn

0099-1767

issn

1527-2966

pii

S0099-1767(15)00115-4

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Emergency Department Placement and Management of Indwelling Urinary Catheters in Older Adults: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice.