Case Study: J.B. is a DNP student whose scholarly project will focus on decreasing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) on her 40-bed
Med/Surg Unit.
Questions:
- What baseline data will J.B. want to collect before she plans her improvement work?
- J.B. wants to compare the annual rate of CAUTI of her hospital to other hospitals. What national statistics will help her in this comparison?
- Where might J.B. go to find evidence-based approaches to decreasing CAUTI on a Med/Surg Unit?
- Which colleagues would be appropriate for inviting to be on J.B.’s CAUTI Team?
- What kind of data tools might J.B. use to analyze the cause of CAUTI on her unit and display CAUTI data over six months?