UTI's
Urinary Elimination
Part 2
Nursing 232
Part 2
Nursing 232
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- Open irrigation is
- a larger risk for infection.
- Dont contaminate the cath by doing this
- sticking it in the vag on accident!
- Risks associated with catheters
- infection, sepsis, trauma,, ...80% of all nosocomial UTI's are a result of improper sterile technique
- Urologic stent
- ureter...is temporary AND Urethra...is permanent placement
- Irrigation
- closed, open, Continuous bladder irrigation, try to maintain or restore patency of catheter, wash out the bladder, apply med to bladder lining
- Suprapubic catheter
- something is wrong with the urethra...put this in
- Reasons for catheterization
- Incontinence/retention, accurate i/o, obtain urine samples (sterile and nonsterile), measure amt of post voidal residual, empty the bladder
- Before calling the doctor...
- irrigate the catheter..to restore patency. and clear it
- 30 mL
- normal output of urine per hour
- Catheters that you put in and take out!
- intermittent, straight, in and out
- things to chart about urine
- amt, color, presence of sediment, presence of clots, (blood clots), odor, method of collection, continent/incontinent, if you irrigated or cath
- Other names for Foley catheter
- indwelling urethral, retention, leave these in for a while