title: Developing an evidence-based procedure: maintenance of central venous catheters.
abstract: This article describes the creation of an evidence-based guideline as part of a learning experience of a group of clinical nurse specialists. The guideline was the product of a utilization-focused integrated review of the literature conducted with the guidance of a nurse researcher. Key aspects of the evidence-based recommendations, as well as factors that facilitated or hindered this effort, are shared.
authors.affiliation: Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, Mass, 01301, USA. virginia.newell@bhs.org
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Newell-Stokes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Broughton
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Guiliano
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Stetler
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000451:nursing*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D011050:Policy Making; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014600:Utilization Review