Reducing Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury: How Nurses Can Improve Patient Safety a qualitative investigation

摘要

BackgroundContrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a common complication after cardiac interventions that use contrast media. In populations with multiple risk factors, CIN can occur in 50% of cases or more. Nurses are uniquely positioned to help reduce the incidence of CIN or contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in patients undergoing cardiovascular interventional procedures and therefore can reduce patient harm. Nurse leaders in the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group (NNE), a ten-center quality improvement consortium in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, formed a nursing task force to reduce CI-AKI following cardiovascular interventional procedures in the northern New England (NNE) region.