Carolyn Freeman, BSc, is lead nurse, continence care, Greenwich Teaching PCT, London. The RCN highlight that continence is one of the fundamentals of basic nursing care and that good continence care ...

Certain surgically implanted, or suprapubic, catheters do not improve outcomes that are important for older adults’ well-being, such as functional ability and cognitive status, a study in nursing ...

Q: At our facility, we change Foley catheters once a month, with the change date written on the treatment record. Regulations lead me to believe they should not be changed routinely. Is that correct?

In advanced clinical practice, up to 4/5th of the hospitalized patients require intravenous therapy at some point during their hospital stay. This intravenous route can involve administering ...

A suprapubic catheter is a type of urinary catheter. It empties the bladder through an incision in the belly instead of a tube in the urethra. A catheter usually includes a flexible tube that drains ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) – On the outside, Capital Health and Rehabilitation Center in Little Rock looks homey. But inside, a report from the Department of Health and Human Services details conditions ...

Wei‐Chun Huang , MD, Shue‐Ren Wann , MD, Shoa‐Lin Lin , MD, Calvin M. Kunin , MD, Ming‐Ho Kung , MD, Chin‐Hsun Lin , MD, Chien‐Wei Hsu , MD, Chun‐Peng ...

A woman with Down's syndrome had a dirty catheter left inside her by care home staff before she died. Sandra Miller was last pictured celebrating her 55th birthday with her older sister Lynn Bah, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) – On the outside, Capital Health and Rehabilitation Center in Little Rock looks homey. But inside, a report from the Department of Health and Human Services details conditions ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KARK) – On the outside, Capital Health and Rehabilitation Center in Little Rock looks homey. But inside, a report from the Department of Health and Human Services details conditions ...