Towards best practice : procedural characteristics and outcomes of nurse-led central venous catheter insertion

This thesis presents a series of six, discrete yet interrelated studies describing the role of specialist nurses in inserting central venous catheters. These studies suggest that appropriate training, credentialing and procedural volume are critical in determining procedural and patient outcomes an...

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Main Author: Alexandrou, Evan
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/138
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description This thesis presents a series of six, discrete yet interrelated studies describing the role of specialist nurses in inserting central venous catheters. These studies suggest that appropriate training, credentialing and procedural volume are critical in determining procedural and patient outcomes and potentially more important than professional qualifications. These data are useful in articulating the role of advance practice nursing in promoting the quality and safety of patient care.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-1382017-02-20T06:42:40Z Towards best practice : procedural characteristics and outcomes of nurse-led central venous catheter insertion Alexandrou, Evan This thesis presents a series of six, discrete yet interrelated studies describing the role of specialist nurses in inserting central venous catheters. These studies suggest that appropriate training, credentialing and procedural volume are critical in determining procedural and patient outcomes and potentially more important than professional qualifications. These data are useful in articulating the role of advance practice nursing in promoting the quality and safety of patient care. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/138 en Curtin University fulltext
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Towards best practice : procedural characteristics and outcomes of nurse-led central venous catheter insertion
title Towards best practice : procedural characteristics and outcomes of nurse-led central venous catheter insertion
title_full Towards best practice : procedural characteristics and outcomes of nurse-led central venous catheter insertion
title_fullStr Towards best practice : procedural characteristics and outcomes of nurse-led central venous catheter insertion
title_full_unstemmed Towards best practice : procedural characteristics and outcomes of nurse-led central venous catheter insertion
title_short Towards best practice : procedural characteristics and outcomes of nurse-led central venous catheter insertion
title_sort towards best practice : procedural characteristics and outcomes of nurse-led central venous catheter insertion
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/138