PROVIDENCE — Katelyn Holt has been a nurse for over a decade. Throughout her career, she has noticed that the catheters her ...

Below is an example of a nurse-driven protocol to evaluate and discontinue unnecessary urinary catheters and to evaluate urinary needs after catheter removal. This protocol uses an algorithm for ...

Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are frequently used to obtain central venous access for patients in acute care, home care and skilled nursing care. PICCs are a reliable alternative ...

The number of catheter types and designs has increased with the advancement of new technology. This has added complexity to the catheterization process for both the nurse and the patient. Catheter ...

Nurses and physicians should be aware of the indications for urinary catheter use and should continually monitor the patient’s ongoing need for a catheter. Nurses evaluating their patient’s catheter ...

A hospital phoned for an ambulance so an elderly patient could be driven 400m to A&E to have a catheter replaced, says his ...

Imperative Care has received a green light from the FDA for its large-bore catheter to help remove stroke-causing blood clots ...

If you are not given specific instructions, please take your medicines as you normally would. On the day of your radiofrequency catheter ablation, a nurse will start an intravenous (IV) line. The IV ...

John Paoletti and his nursing colleagues realized something was wrong with the needles used to start patients’ IV catheters: When they pulled the needle out of a patient’s arm, the needle didn’t ...

Urologic nursing management of transurethral or suprapubic (SP) indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs) require an understanding of management and complications that can occur with short and long term use ...

We are currently seeking a suitably experienced Registered Nurse to join our Catheter Laboratory on a permanent full-time basis in Fitzroy The Registered Nurse purpose is to take full responsibility ...