Developing an evidence-based procedure: maintenance of central venous catheters

Clin Nurse Spec. 2001 Sep;15(5):199-204; quiz 205-6. doi: 10.1097/00002800-200109000-00008.

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Catheterization, Central Venous / nursing*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine*
  • Humans
  • Nursing Care / standards*
  • Policy Making
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Utilization Review