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Activity Steps

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Purpose of Activity

To present registered professional nurses with the details of an evidence-based practice change project that demonstrates that education of nurses to specific catheter protocols decreases the incidence of urinary tract infection in the hip fracture population.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Discuss the background information needed to understand the reason for the author's evidence-based practice project to reduce CAUTI in patients with hip fractures.
  2. Outline the findings of the evidence presented here about indwelling urinary catheters and CAUTI.
  3. Summarize the implementation and results of this evidence-based practice project.

Disclosures

The author and planners have disclosed that they have no financial interests to any commercial company related to this educational activity.

Price: $24.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 2.5 CH
  • DC - BON 2.5 CH
  • KY-BON 2.5 CH

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia and Florida #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states.
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The ANCC's accreditation status of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Department of Continuing Education refers only to its continuing nursing educational activities and does not imply Commission on Accreditation approval or endorsement of any commercial product.





Planner
Test Code: ON0112A
Published: January/February 2012
Expires: 12/31/2026
Sources: Orthopaedic Nursing
Required Passing Score: 13/18 (72%)
Authors: Melissa A. Schneider
Categories: Genitourinary , Infection , Orthopaedics
Specialties: Medical-Surgical
Topics: Urinary Tract Infections