Effectiveness of nursing instructions on reducing urinary tract infections in critically ill patients
Mohammed Mamdouh Yahia, Amany Khairy Abo El Hussein, Lobna Mohammed Gamal Ali Ahmed and Marwa Mohammad Abdel baky
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), resulting in significant morbidity among hospitalized patients.
Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of applying nursing instructions (NI) on reducing UTIs in critically ill patients (CIPs).
Sample: A purposive sample of 60 patients of both sexes connected with indwelling urinary catheters (IUC).
Tools: Two tools were used;
First Tool: Patient Health Assessment (PHA) includes
First Part: Demographic Data (DD)
Second Part: Medical Data (MD).
The second Tool: The Urinary Tract Infection Assessment Checklist (UTIAC), includes
First Part: Urinary Tract Infection Manifestation (UTIM)
Second Part: Laboratory Criteria (LC).
Results: The intervention group (IG) had a lower incidence of UTI (10.0%) compared to the control group (CG) (46.66%), with a significant p-value of 0.001.
Conclusion: Nursing instructions helped reduce the incidence of UTIs and improve patient outcomes.
Recommendation: Designing standardized nursing protocol regarding the insertion, care, and removal of urinary catheters to upgrade nurses' knowledge and practice, and further research studies are needed on larger study samples.
Mohammed Mamdouh Yahia, Amany Khairy Abo El Hussein, Lobna Mohammed Gamal Ali Ahmed, Marwa Mohammad Abdel baky. Effectiveness of nursing instructions on reducing urinary tract infections in critically ill patients. Int J Adv Res Med Surg Nurs 2023;5(2):162-169. DOI: 10.33545/surgicalnursing.2023.v5.i2c.153