PICOT Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection CAUTI
Subject
Health Medical
School
South University
Question Description
To complete this week, after reading chapter two in Melnyk and reviewing the lectures you submit a 2-3 page paper that explores the background of your issue. For this paper #1 you will be defining this issue or disease using the literature. It will end with the PICOT question. The parts of your paper should include:
Introduction
Definition
Epidemiology
Clinical Presentation
Complications
Diagnosis
Conclusion with PICOT Question
PICOT Question: In hospitalized geriatric patients (P), does incorporating educational strategies into the patient’s plan of care and use of medicated urinary catheters (I), compared to use of a medicated urinary catheters alone (C), decrease incidence of inpatient catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI’s) (O) over a three-month period (T).
All references must be in APA format and no older than 2013. References must contain a DOI or weblink to where it was found. Must use in-text citations as well. Please use proper grammar, capitalization, and punctuation. Below I have posted a few references that I have been using along the way for my research.
Justus, T., Wilfong, D. N., & Daniel, L. (2016). An innovative educational approach to reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: A case study. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 47(10), 473-476. doi:http://dx.doi.org.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.ed...
Nicolle, L. E. (2014). Catheter associated urinary tract infections. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 3, 23. http://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-3-23
Rowe, T. A., & Juthani-Mehta, M. (2013). Urinary tract infection in older adults. Aging Health, 9(5), 10.2217/ahe.13.38. http://doi.org/10.2217/ahe.13.38