Ensuring competency in nurse repositioning of the pulmonary artery catheter.
Although nurses often reposition pulmonary artery catheters, facilities may not formally recognize the practice. This article describes how one medical center developed a procedure and competency assessment to guide and monitor nurse repositioning of pulmonary artery catheters.
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Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, Iowa, USA.
D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000451:nursing*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic