Assessing Nursing Knowledge of Catheter Care Guidelines: A Report

This report focuses on assessing nurses' knowledge of evidence-based indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) care guidelines in a hospital setting. The study employs a quantitative descriptive design, utilizing questionnaires distributed to registered and enrolled nurses across medical and surgical wards. The report includes a literature review table summarizing relevant studies on IUC practices and training programs. The methodology section details the research design, including population, sampling, recruitment, and timeline. The aim is to determine nurses' knowledge of IUC care guidelines, identify potential knowledge gaps, and explore the need for further training to improve patient outcomes and reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). The report emphasizes the significance of the research in improving patient care, reducing CAUTI rates, and informing the development of strategies to enhance nursing training and education regarding evidence-based IUC guidelines. The report also includes a discussion on data collection methods, questionnaire content, and proposed hypotheses related to nurses' attitudes, knowledge, and practices concerning catheterization.

Participants, Patient or Population, Intervention(s) (therapy, treatment, etc.), Comparison (other intervention or treatment, no treatment, etc. It's
not always necessary to have a comparison group), Outcome(s)
LITERATURE REVIEW TABLE
Nurses’and Physicians’Perceptions ofIndwelling Urinary Catheter Practices andCulture in Their Institutions, Niederhauser et al. (2018)
Author /
date
Topic / aim /
research questions
Paradigm /
methodology
Conceptual /
theoretical
model
Context / setting /
sample
Data collection &
analysis
Findings Future research
Niederhau
ser, Züllig,
Marschall,
&
Schwappa
ch (2018)
Different
perceptions of
nurses and
physicians in terms
of current practice
and culture
regarding Indwelling
urinary catheters
(IUCs) use
Cross-
sectional
survey
among seven
Swiss
hospital
health care
professionals.
Larger multisite
quality
improvement
(QI) model has
been followed
for the study.
1579 nurse and
physician from
seven Swiss
hospitals
completed written
survey.
55 item based
questionnaire
segmented into 4
thematic sections
including knowledge,
current practice and
culture,
responsibilities and
personal behaviour.
 Physicians decide
whether the
catheter would be
placed or not.
 Nurses only place,
remove and
manage the
catheter.
 Results also
highlighted that
both the groups
are responsible for
the catheter
writing order.
 The perceived
responsibility and
knowledge lack
among both the
groups for the
catheter care.
 Knowledge level of
physician and
nurses about
catheter care.
 Other than
perceived
knowledge actual
practice based
study should be
conducted as well.
 Continuous
catheterisation
and the writing
order of the
catheter is proper
or not should also
be assessed.

Participants, Patient or Population, Intervention(s) (therapy, treatment, etc.), Comparison (other intervention or treatment, no treatment, etc. It's
not always necessary to have a comparison group), Outcome(s)
TRAINING PROGRAM ROLE IN IMPROVING NURSES’ KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF URETHRAL CATHETERAZATION AT MATERNITY HOSPITAL IN DUHOK CITY,
Abdulmalek & Majeed, (2019)
Author /
date
Topic / aim /
research questions
Paradigm /
methodology
Conceptual /
theoretical
model
Context / setting
/ sample
Data collection
& analysis
Findings Future research
Abdulmalek
& Majeed,
(2019)
Role of training
and education in
the improvement
of the knowledge
of the nurses
performance skills
for female
urethral
catheterisation.
Pre and post
test study
design
depending on
the training
and knowledge
of the nurses
regarding the
catheterisation.
Quasi-
experimental
study model.
Convenience
sampling of
consisting of 31
nurses from
different units of
maternity
hospital in Dohuk
city-Iraq.
A knowledge
questionnaire
and
performance
checklist has
been used for
the data
collection
process.
 In pre-test 74.2 per cent
nurses had low level of
knowledge. Whereas, in
post-test 83.9 per cent
nurses had good amount
of knowledge in
catheterisation context.
 96.8 per cent nurses
scored low level of
performance skills.
Whereas, all the nurses
showed good
performance skills.
 The study highlighted
that the training is
effective in the
improvement of the
nurses’ knowledge.
 The study also highlighted
that experience is
associated with the
knowledge of the nurses.
 Association
between
knowledge and
the post of the
nurses that is
the knowledge
level based on
the title of the
nurses should
be assessed.
 Type of
trainings
required for the
improvement
of the
knowledge of
the nurses.
 Improved care
providence
strategies for
the nurses
should also be
considered for
the future

studies.