ROCKWALL A nurse in the Rockwall school district is being investigated after asking a teenage student to take a urine test. The 13-year-old Maurine Caine Middle School student had complained of a ...

An antibiotic stewardship intervention program led by nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore led to a reduction of inappropriate urinary cultures for adult patients, according to a pilot study ...

What Do Nurses Know About Urine Cultures? Urinary catheters carry an inherent risk for infection. Many healthcare providers do not follow current guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of ...

Note: The following interview was arranged by Future Path Medical. Sue Powers, RN, of University Hospitals Geneva (Ohio) Medical Center, identifies five of the top urine management issues facing ...

Title: Effect of changing urine testing orderables and clinician order sets on inpatient urine culture testing: Analysis from a large academic medical center Conclusions: Changes to standard urine ...

A urine protein test measures the amount of protein present in urine. Healthy people don’t have a significant amount of protein in their urine. However, protein may be excreted in the urine when the ...

A urine protein test measures the amount of protein in a urine sample. A doctor may suggest this test to help evaluate and monitor kidney function and potentially detect kidney damage. The kidneys ...