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Catherine Y Read1, Judith Shindul-Rothschild, Jane Flanagan
1William F. Connell School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Abstract:
Publicly available data from the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services were used to analyze factors associated with removal of the urinary catheter within 48 hours after surgery in 59 Massachusetts hospitals. Three factors explained 36% of the variance in postoperative urinary catheter removal: fewer falls per 1000 discharges, better nurse-patient communication, and higher percentage of Medicare patients. Timely urinary catheter removal was significantly greater in hospitals with more licensed nursing hours per patient day.
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