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Description

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Purpose of Activity

To provide registered professional nurses and allied health professionals with an understanding of best practice, evidence-based guidelines for management of short-term indwelling urethral catheters to prevent urinary tract infections.

Learning Objectives

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

  1. Give examples of appropriate use of indwelling urinary catheters.
  2. Identify features of indwelling urinary catheters and drainage system devices that assist in preventing urinary tract infections.
  3. Describe evidence-based techniques for managing an indwelling urinary catheter.

Disclosures

The planners have no financial relationships related to this educational activity.

Price: $17.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 1.5 CH
  • DC - BON 1.5 CH
  • KY-BON 1.5 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: JBIBP0512
Published: May 2012
Expires: 12/31/2026
Sources: Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence Best Practice Modules
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Joanna Briggs Institute
Categories: Genitourinary , Home Health Care , Hospital , Infection , Preventing Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) , Quality Improvement
Specialties: Infection Control, Urology
Topics: Bladder Diseases , Urinary Incontinence