Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Evidence-Based Nursing Practices for CMS Compliance
Product Description:
AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by StrategiesForNurseManagers.com
presented on June 26, 2008UTIs are the number one cause of hospital-acquired infections.
Does your hospital implement evidence-based procedures to prevent them?
As of October 2008, CMS will not reimburse healthcare organizations for treatment of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) if the UTI was preventable. At a time when 56% of hospitals do not have a system for monitoring which patients have urinary catheters and 74% do not closely monitor catheter duration, hospitals need to act now to reduce their facility's infection rates or risk losing reimbursement.
During this 90-minute audioconference, Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Evidence-Based Nursing Practices for CMS Compliance, you'll learn how to reduce catheter-associated UTIs at your facility. Expert speakers Mikel Gray, PhD, CUNP, FAAN, and Joan M. Lorenz, RN, MSN, PMHCNS-BC, teach you:
- The latest evidence-based methods to prevent CAUTIs in the acute-care setting
- How to design prevention and treatment programs that cut your incidence of CAUTIs
- Protocols, procedures, and policies to help raise the standard of patient care
- Training techniques for educating nursing staff and ensuring collaboration
Agenda
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and new CMS payment policy
- Scope of the problem
- Catheterization rates in acute- and long-term care
- Indications for indwelling catheter in acute-care setting
- CAUTI
- Epidemiology
- Etiology and pathophysiology
- Scope of the problem
- Evidence-based practices for preventing CAUTIs
- Catheter insertion
- Size
- Retention balloon
- Material of construction
- Securement devices
- Drainage systems
- Timing of removal
- Catheter insertion
- Implementation of clinical practice changes at the bedside
- Writing policies, procedures, and protocols
- Informing all parties of the changes
- Documentation and monitoring
- Education and training
- Educating the healthcare team
- Ensuring the collaboration of all healthcare staff
- Patient education
- Follow-up
- Q & A
Learning objectives
After participating in the audioconference, you will be able to:- Identify why CAUTIs are so prevalent in the healthcare setting
- Describe evidence-based practices for preventing CAUTIs
- Explain evidence-based treatment options
- Discuss the benefits of adopting standards relating to urinary catheterization
- Identify effective ways for training nurses and other healthcare staff
Bonus tools
In addition to the advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and these valuable tools:- Sample project planning worksheet
- Sample patient education materials
These materials are provided with PDF links.
Meet the speakers
Mikel L. Gray, PhD, FNP, PNP, CUNP, CCCN, FAANP, FAAN, is a nurse practitioner and professor in the Department of Urology and School of Nursing at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing and a Board Member of the Society's Center for Clinical Investigation. A fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, he is past president of both the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates and Certification board for Urologic Nurses and Associates. He was named the NACF Continence care champion for WOCN in 2004.
Joan M. Lorenz, RN, MSN, PMHCNS-BC, works as a member of the Nursing Education Department of the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, in Bay Pines, FL. She has clinical experience on both medical-surgical and psychiatric units. Her entrepreneurial nursing experiences include the founding of Hygeia Inc., which provided psychiatric/mental health liaison and consultation services to individuals, healthcare facilities, and municipalities, as well as life enhancing workshops for groups. She is currently the president of Clearly Stated, writing and editing health-related materials for healthcare professionals as well as for the general public.Who should listen?
Chief nursing officers, directors of nursing, VPs of nursing, VPs of patient care services, directors of education, staff development specialists, ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®* coordinators/directors, nurse managers and clinical managers, patient educators, and staff nurses
Audio on-demand
In addition to the regular purchase option for HCPro audioconferences, we are pleased to offer another option, an audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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