title: Ensuring competency in nurse repositioning of the pulmonary artery catheter.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Antle
mesh_terms: 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