Published April 15, 2017 | Version v1
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EXPLORING INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING REGISTERED NURSES IN PREVENTING PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER RELATED COMPLICATION

Description

Peripherally InsertedCentral Catheter (PICC) isan essential vascular access device used in clinical practice in the delivery of fluids, medications, blood products, and nutrition. Despite the numerous benefits of PICC, various individual and organizational factors have made it difficult for registered nurses to practice in accordance with standardized nursing guideline developed for PICC insertion and removal. The purpose of this review was to explore factors influencing registered nurse in preventing risks of PICC related complication. The major outcome was generally, reviewed at individual and organizational level. Nurses ‘gap in knowledge and skill, poor self – confidence, unfamiliarity with PICC insertion and removal equipment and poor attention to utilization of evidence based clinical guidelines for insertion and removal of PICC were identified as individual factors influencing registered nurses in preventing PICC related complications whereaslack of support from colleague and organizational leaders, lack of adequate resource, lack of continuous training and education were identified as organizational factors influencing registered nurses inpreventing PICC risk complication.Throughout, important link between the use of PICC and the risk of PICC related complication were highlighted, Along with a significant individual readiness and organizational support were neededto improve this gap through providing training, creating awareness, and enhancing nurses’ abilities in PICC related risk prevention. This can make to further improvement in quality of nursing care for patient with venous access device including PICC device.

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