TY - JOUR
T1 - Peripherally inserted central catheter placement in a cardiology ward
T2 - a focus group study of nurses’ perspectives
AU - Salgueiro-Oliveira, Anabela
AU - Bernardes, Rafael A.
AU - Adriano, David
AU - Serambeque, Beatriz
AU - Santos-Costa, Paulo
AU - Sousa, Liliana B.
AU - Gama, Fernando
AU - Barroca, Rita
AU - Braga, Luciene M.
AU - Graveto, João
AU - Parreira, Pedro
N1 - Funding Information:
UI/BD/151102/2021. The author B.S. would like to thank to the FCT for the financial support granted through the 2020 Call for PhD Studentship (DFA/BD/7672/2020).
Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E) and Nursing School of Coimbra for all their support. The author P.S.-C. (SFRH/BD/136487/ 2018) thanks to the Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (FCT) for the financial support granted through the 2018 Ph.D. Scholarship program. The author R.A.B thanks to FCT for the financial support granted through the PhD Scholarship Grant no.
Funding Information:
Funding: This research is part of the ‘Transfer of technological innovations to nursing practice: contribution to the prevention of infections’, TecPrevInf project (CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-024371) and was funded by the European Regional Development Fund—FEDER, through the Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program of PORTUGAL 2020. The APC was funded by National Funds through the FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project with the reference UIDP/00742/2020.
Funding Information:
This research is part of the ?Transfer of technological innovations to nursing practice: contri-bution to the prevention of infections?, TecPrevInf project (CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-024371) and was funded by the European Regional Development Fund?FEDER, through the Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program of PORTUGAL 2020. The APC was funded by National Funds through the FCT?Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project with the reference UIDP/00742/2020.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/7/2
Y1 - 2021/7/2
N2 - Intravenous therapy administration through peripheral venous catheters is one of the most common nursing procedures performed in clinical contexts. However, peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) remain insufficiently used by nurses and can be considered a potential alternative for patients who need aggressive intravenous therapy and/or therapy for extended periods. The purpose of this study was to understand nurses’ perspectives about PICC implementation in their clinical practice. As part of an action-research project, three focus groups were developed in June 2019 with nineteen nurses of a cardiology ward from a Portuguese tertiary hospital. From the content analysis, two main categories emerged: ‘nursing practices’ and ‘patients’. Nurses considered PICC beneficial for their clinical practice because it facilitates maintenance care and catheter replacement rates. Moreover, nurses suggested that, since there is a need for specific skills, the constitution of vascular access teams, as recommended by international guidelines, could be an advantage. Regarding patient benefits, nurses highlighted a decrease in the number of venipunctures and also of patient discomfort, which was associated with the number of peripheral venous catheters. Infection prevention was also indicated. As an emerging medical device used among clinicians, peripherally inserted central catheters seem to be essential to clinical practice.
AB - Intravenous therapy administration through peripheral venous catheters is one of the most common nursing procedures performed in clinical contexts. However, peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) remain insufficiently used by nurses and can be considered a potential alternative for patients who need aggressive intravenous therapy and/or therapy for extended periods. The purpose of this study was to understand nurses’ perspectives about PICC implementation in their clinical practice. As part of an action-research project, three focus groups were developed in June 2019 with nineteen nurses of a cardiology ward from a Portuguese tertiary hospital. From the content analysis, two main categories emerged: ‘nursing practices’ and ‘patients’. Nurses considered PICC beneficial for their clinical practice because it facilitates maintenance care and catheter replacement rates. Moreover, nurses suggested that, since there is a need for specific skills, the constitution of vascular access teams, as recommended by international guidelines, could be an advantage. Regarding patient benefits, nurses highlighted a decrease in the number of venipunctures and also of patient discomfort, which was associated with the number of peripheral venous catheters. Infection prevention was also indicated. As an emerging medical device used among clinicians, peripherally inserted central catheters seem to be essential to clinical practice.
KW - Catheterization
KW - Focus groups
KW - Nurse
KW - Peripheral
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85110073847&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18147618
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18147618
M3 - Article
C2 - 34300069
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 14
M1 - 7618
ER -