Executive Summary: Current Evidence Related to Intermittent Catheterization: A Scoping Review

Welch, Valre W. MSN, CPNP
Thompson, Donna L. MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC, CCCN-AP
Quallich, Susanne A. PhD, ANP-BC, NPC, CUNP, FAUNA, FAANP

Valre W. Welch, MSN, CPNP, is a Certified Pediatric Nurse Pracititioner, Children’s Hospital of Virginia at VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA; and is a Past President of the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates.

Donna L. Thompson, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC, CCCN-AP, is a Family Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Advanced Practice Continence Nurse, the Division of Urogynecology, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA.

Susanne A. Quallich, PhD, ANP-BC, NPC, CUNP, FAUNA, FAANP, is an Andrology Nurse Practitioner, Division of Andrology and Urologic Health, Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI; Fellows Taskforce Chair, Fellows of the Academy of Urologic Nurses and Associates (FAUNA); and Editor, Urologic Nursing.

Urologic Nursing 41(2):p 69, March-April 2021.

Welch, V.W., Thompson, D.L., & Quallich, S.A. (2021). Executive summary: Current evidence related to intermittent catheterization: A scoping review. Urologic Nursing, 41(2), 63-64, 69. https://doi.org/10.7257/1053-816X.2021.41.2.63

Review of:

Engberg, S., Clapper, J., McNichol, L., Thompson, D., Welch, V.W., & Gray, M. (2020). Current evidence related to intermittent catheterization: A scoping review. Journal of Wound Ostomy & Continence Nursing, 47(2), 140-165.

In March 2019, theJournal of Wound Ostomy ad Incontinence Nursingpublished an article entitled, “Current Evidence Related to Intermittent Catheteri zation: A Scoping Review.” The executive summary presented here summarizes the recommendations and conclusions from that paper.