Antle D E
Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, Iowa, USA.
Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2000 Mar-Apr;19(2):44-51. doi: 10.1097/00003465-200019020-00013.
Although nurses often reposition pulmonary artery catheters, facilities may not formally recognize the practice. This article describes how one medical center developed a procedure and competency assessment to guide and monitor nurse repositioning of pulmonary artery catheters.