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Managing indwelling catheters in community settings

29 March 2017

Primary Health Care

CPD

Long-term catheterisation is indicated for a wide range of conditions and circumstances. Due to the potential complications associated with indwelling catheters they...

How to remove an indwelling urinary catheter in female patients

04 January 2017

Nursing Standard

Evidence & practice

Rationale and key points This article aims to assist nurses to undertake the removal of an indwelling urinary catheter in female patients in a safe, timely,...

Central venous catheters: a review of the literature

26 March 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical

Following an audit on the author’s unit, staff were concerned about catheter infection rates. Nurses from the ward networked with other units and found that they...

Crossing professional boundaries: nurse-led catheter insertion

25 October 2009

Nursing Management

Feature

The steady expansion of nursing roles is enabling staff to perform tasks traditionally undertaken by doctors. This change is perceived as being in the interests of...

Reducing the risks associated with urinary catheters

31 March 2009

Nursing Standard

Learning zone

The NHS strives to create and promote a safe environment for patient care in which risks are minimised. Urinary catheterisation is a common healthcare procedure but...

Catheter care in the community

22 March 2000

Nursing Standard

CPD

The practice of healthcare professionals performing routine catheter changes and the education of patients and carers regarding these procedures is discussed....

Reducing the risks associated with urinary catheters

25 March 2009

Nursing Standard

CPD

The NHS strives to create and promote a safe environment for patient care in which risks are minimised. Urinary catheterisation is a common healthcare procedure but...

Catheter care

01 June 1999

Primary Health Care

CPD

Urinary catheterisation is a procedure commonly performed in the community by health care professionals, patients and informal carers. Though essentially a...

Helping children who require long-term parenteral nutrition

01 July 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & science

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a therapy that is complex and can lead to serious complications such as infection of the central venous catheter. A follow-up audit...