The article entitled “Self-Management Intervention for Long-Term Indwelling Urinary Catheter Users” by Wilde, McMahon, McDonald and Chen (2015) is a credible quantitative study that focuses on infection stemming from catheter use. Specifically, the study examines self-management approaches for home-patients. The article is well-written, concise, grammatically correct, and avoids the use of slang or common jargon. It is very well laid out and organized with headings and subheadings used to divide the text into easily readable sections. The authors of the study have university and/or professional nursing backgrounds, which indicates a high degree of knowledge in this particular field of catheter studies: Wilde and McMahon are professors at the School of Nursing at the University of Rochester, Chen is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and McDonald is a professor at the Center for Home Care Policy and Research at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Their combined backgrounds are appropriate for addressing the needs of patients engaged in catheter self-management methods. As Grove, Gray and Burns (2015) point out, it is helpful to know the qualifications of the authors of a study in order to assess their credibility. Additionally, the title is clear, of a sufficient length (Coughlan, Cronin and Ryan (2007) state that the title should be between 10 and 15 words—this one is 8 unless one counts the hyphenated words separately, in which case it is 10), and the title states the main idea of the paper without ambiguity. The abstract offers a clear overview of the study and identifies the research problem, the sample, the methodology used, the findings that were made and the recommendations that were given. The purpose of the study is clearly understood and the research problem is identified explicitly. The purpose of the study was specifically to determine how effective self-management intervention is in terms of preventing catheter-related urinary tract infections, blockages and accidental dislodgement. A secondary purpose was also identified, namely the quality of care associated with infection, blockage and accidental dislodgement as well as the degree of catheter-related quality of life. The research report follows the steps of the research process in a logical...
The links between the research compiled in the literature review and the present study are effectively clear and suitable. It is evident from a gap in the literature that there was a need for this study.References
Coughlan, M., Cronin, P., Ryan, F. (2007). Step-by-step guide to critiquing research.
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Grove, S.K., Gray, J. R., Burns, N. (2015). Understanding Nursing Research Building
an Evidence-based practice. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders.
Wilde, M. et al. (2015). Self-management intervention for long-term indwelling urinary
catheter users. Nursing Research, 64(1): 24-34.
Urinary Catheterization Urinary catheterisation: indwelling catheters Urinary catheterization: indwelling catheters In the medical field, the uses of indwelling catheters have become a common patient care intervention (Clinical Review, 2009). In addition, this intervention has proven to have substantial risks; infection is the most common. However, nurses can assist in prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections by incorporating aseptic methods when doing insertions, following best practice by quickly changing catheters, and embracing hand hygiene
Quality Improvement Program Needs Assessment and Quality Improvement Plan Paula Stechschulte, PhD, RN Quarter This paper discusses the process of drafting a quality improvement plan at a community level medical facility, a plan that is aimed at reducing days under urinary catheter and also reducing the rates of infections associated with the said catheters. As a high rate of incidence of infection related to catheter usage is costly for the hospital, this implementation
Wilde, M. et al. (2015). Self-management intervention for long-Term indwelling urinary catheter users. Nursing Research, 64(1): 24-34. The method employed in this quantitative study is the random clinical trial and the research tradition was congruent with the methods used to collect and analyze the data: the researchers collected data during face-to-face home interviews and follow-up phone interviews with more than 200 participants involved over a 12-month period; and analysis was generated
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How Registered Nurses can Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections Background and Context Concepts, models and theories Today, catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) remain one of the primary causes of nosocomial infections in the United States. Despite increasingly aggressive efforts to reduce the prevalence of CAUTIs, current estimates indicate that as many as half of all hospitalized patients receiving indwelling catheters do not have the corresponding documentation concerning the application of evidence-based criteria for
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