ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATES TherapeuTic procedure A9
Nursing Skill
STUDENT NA ME _____________________________________
SKILL NAME ____________________________________________________________________________ REVIEW MODULE CHAPTER ___________
ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATE:
Description of Skill
Indications
Outcomes/Evaluation
CONSIDERATIONS
Nursing Interventions (pre, intra, post)
Potential Complications
Client Education
Nursing Interventions
RaShonda Lowry
Inserting Female Indwelling Catheter
FN-44
Inserting of a plastic tube with a inflated balloon to hold it in place for intermittent and continuous urinary drainage
Measured by french.
Offer emotional support
Instruct client to take medications to help
resolve incontinence
Monitor output
teach intermittent catheterization
Encourage clients to express their feelings
Social Isolation
assist with measures to conceal urinary
leaking (perineal pads, external catheters)
For female patients close proximity if the
urethral meatus to the anus
Menopause-decreasin estrogen levels
Encourage Fluid intake 2 to 3 L of fluid a day.
Try to hold urine and stay on schedule for
bladder retraining.
Encourage obese clients to reduce weight to
resolve stress incontinence
Voluntary control over voiding
increased bladder tone.
Adequate void within 8 hours after removal
of indwelling catheter
Keep skin clean and dry
Assess skin for signs of breakdown
Apply protective barrier cream
Implement retraining
Teach Kegel exercises to improve perineal
muscle tone.
Divert urine to facilitate post operative
healing.
To introduce medications by irrigation.
Maintain urine flow
To dilate or prevent narrowing of some
portions of the urinary tract.
