What's the trick to putting in Foleys in women?!!

We use sterile saline too! A little research may be required here.

Kay x

Grab a package of sterile 4X4's and use them to hold the labia open...some how it gives a better grip...not as slippery as trying to hold everything open with one hand while cathing with the other.

Foleys are my favorite skill!

Always aim a little high and point it upwards.
If it looks big, that's not it.
If someone is really fleshy, try separating the folds starting from bottom up, not starting at the top and working down. It's like pulling open opera curtains.
If it's a hip fx and they can't separate their legs much, don't be too gentle with getting your hand down there. Make sure they are medicated first, but the more you are afraid to retract the labia the longer they are lying there waiting for it to be over in anxiety.

I've only hit a vagina once and sometimes I spend all day foleying. That woman was really strong for 99. Now, ask me how many enlarged prostates I can't get around. Actually, I'd really like some tips on that. I've held that little penis as high and straight as possible and sometimes still can't get around an enlarged prostate.

Aim high, and aim up! I've only been doing foleys for months now, but I've gotten really good, and done some very difficulty foleys on really old, very contractured, droopy, fat, hip fx women (not all the same person tho! ) However, the other day I missed one that I was SHOCKED at! It was a 24 year old college student - I thought for sure I was going for the right place - I couldn't see anywhere else it could go. I thought for sure her meatus was just right inside the top of the vaginal opening, and it would slide right in with a little pressure. NO luck. Finally, I had to use both hands and search for it, then change my gloves. Shockingly, her meatus was ABOVE her inner labia, and my spreading it open had covered the meatus. Also, she appeared to have no clitoris - what i had THOUGHT was the clitoris, was actually her urinary meatus. Go figure. Poor thing was traumatized enough by my several attempts and having to examine carefully her private parts, and was in a lot of pain to begin with, so I didn't stick around to really figure out what was going on there, but it was the weirdest female "set up" I've ever seen.

Regarding the betadine, our hospitals infection control educator told a class that I was in that betadine, as it is currently formulated, must dry before any germs are killed. So, as it is currently used with foley placement, it's pretty useless. She said that she has her patients washes with warm water and a bit of chlorihexidine soap. Though, I guess the betadine helps because of the "wink" factor! I think some research needs to be done on this.