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Assessing nurse's knowledge regarding patient care bundles for prevention of catheter-related urinary tract infection
| Summary: | Introduction: Urinary catheter-associated bladder infections (UCAVI), related to healthcare, are the main cause of morbidity, increased hospitalization days and costs. The Directorate-General for Health has created the "Intervention Bundle for the Prevention of Bladder Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection" in order to standardize nursing interventions. Objective: Analyzing nurses' knowledge of the Bundle of Interventions for the Prevention of Bladder Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in a Local Health Unit in northern Portugal Methodology: Analytical cross-sectional study. Conducted on 103 nurses from a Local Health Unit, who answered a questionnaire via Google forms. The study received a favorable opinion from the ethics committee (no. 5/2023) Results: Knowledge was moderate (74.8%). There was a greater predominance of females (86.4%), average age 41.66 years, married (58.3%), university graduates (74.8%), nurses (63.1%), open-ended individual employment contracts (62.1%), average length of service 16.20 years, hospital as place of work (87.4%), shift work (85.4%), training in the prevention of IUACV (69.9%), knowledge of internal regulations (92.2%). Gender, professional category and training are associated with certain elements of the bundle. |
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| Main Authors: | Rodrigues, Luisa |
| Other Authors: | Silva Martins, Matilde Delmina |
| Subject: | Infecções Urinárias ITU Cateteres Cateteres Urinários Cuidados de Enfermagem Urinary Tract Infections ITU Catheters Urinary Catheters Nursing Care Infecciones Urinarias ITU Catéteres Catéteres Urinarios Atención de Enfermería |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | unknown |
| Associated institution: | Associação Católica dos Profissionais de Enfermagem e Saúde (ACPES) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Origin: | Servir |
| Summary: | Introduction: Urinary catheter-associated bladder infections (UCAVI), related to healthcare, are the main cause of morbidity, increased hospitalization days and costs. The Directorate-General for Health has created the "Intervention Bundle for the Prevention of Bladder Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection" in order to standardize nursing interventions. Objective: Analyzing nurses' knowledge of the Bundle of Interventions for the Prevention of Bladder Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in a Local Health Unit in northern Portugal Methodology: Analytical cross-sectional study. Conducted on 103 nurses from a Local Health Unit, who answered a questionnaire via Google forms. The study received a favorable opinion from the ethics committee (no. 5/2023) Results: Knowledge was moderate (74.8%). There was a greater predominance of females (86.4%), average age 41.66 years, married (58.3%), university graduates (74.8%), nurses (63.1%), open-ended individual employment contracts (62.1%), average length of service 16.20 years, hospital as place of work (87.4%), shift work (85.4%), training in the prevention of IUACV (69.9%), knowledge of internal regulations (92.2%). Gender, professional category and training are associated with certain elements of the bundle. |
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