To Assess the Practices of Nurses Towards Catheter Care for Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection Among Patients Admitted in Tertiary Care Hospital Bathinda (Punjab)

Abstract

Nursing is an art science and an essential health care profession in which the skilled knowledgeable persons are committedto provide care to sick peoples and strive for the, protection and promotion of health and prevention against diseases andhelps to minimize the risk and risk related injuries .Thus the present Study was planned to assess the practices of staffnurses towards catheter care to prevent CAUTI among Patients Admitted in Tertiary Care Hospital, Bathinda (Punjab) Objectives 1.To assess the Practices of nurses towards catheter care for prevention of CAUTI among patients 2.To findout the association between practices of nurses towards catheter care for prevention of CAUTI among patients withtheir socio demographic variables. Descriptive survey design was used. A Quantitative Non experimental Approach wasadopted to conduct the Study. 200 staff nurses were selected using Non Probability convenience Sampling Technique .The present study included staff nurses working in intensive care units, cardiac care unit, surgery, medical, orthopaedic and gynaecological and obstetrical wards. A prevalidated tool comprising Socio demographic variables and Self structured practice checklist were used to collect the data.