Prevention of Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections

Prevention of Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)

Assignment
Patient Safety Change Project: Develop a change plan to decrease patient risk and improve patient safety while in a health care facility of the community. Utilizing
the QSEN website (https://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/), select an area of patient safety from the undergraduate KSAs. (I have chosen Prevention of
Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections, preferably using the “Safety” KSA.
Element 1 Identification of the problem and background from the literature as to the scope of the problem (20 points)
The authors present a comprehensive review of the problem selected. The problem statement must be clearly stated and supported from the literature.