What's the most urine you've emptied from a bladder?

[noyesno]

The most I've emptied from someone's bladder is 1,600 ml's.

How about you?

[JBudd, MSN]

The old way was to clamp the foley after 1000 mL to prevent a spasm from emptying it too rapidly. Never seen it happen, and haven't heard of anyone clamping them lately except for bladder training.

The only reason I can think of that BP would be affected, is that it comes down when all that pain is relieved!

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

that is what i was taught too and what we did as p&p.

here's an interesting old thread with ebp links! *squee*

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/clamping-newly-inserted-175137.html

bless you for saving me from having to go look all those up again.

[ShanRaneA7]

I emptied 2500 mL from a pt. who mentioned to me he hasn't gone in over 24 hrs. I couldn't believe it!¡ His catheter was obviously misplaced & no longer positioned correctly, yet hadn't been changed in a while, per pt.

[Davey Do]

1900 from a patient that insisted she was just fine,no discomfort at all.

Wow. No discomfort?

We drained about the same from a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia who was in agony. He thanked us and blessed us over and over again.

Since he is chronically mentally ill, has exacerbations of psychosis, and prone to displays, I've used this as a decompensation factor. On later admissions, when he's started to go off, I say something like, "Remember when...?" and, thus far, it's worked to keep him from escalating!

[MrFoley]

Hi!

I've got 1600 ml from my very full and painful bladder. It took a few minutes to release all that amount. I think it's better to wear a foley than bear a very full bladder.

[anewsns]

1400! I had straight cathed him 3 hours prior too ! He felt like he had to go, which I knew was a large amount because he never felt it. He was a spinal patient. I think we got some labs but determined that he just drank tons of water all day long.

[beekee]

Well over 3000 ml. I think it was around 3400 ml. No complaints of discomfort.

[NuGuyNurse2b]

2L. It was off the charts on the bladder scan, it wouldn't even give us a number. Just read ">999" - called the MD right quick and foleyed the pt.

[Meeshie]

3200 or so in a patient that had not voided in a smidge over 24 hours. We tried to cath her (no kidding here) 12 times. No one could manage it on two shifts, including rapid response personnel. Called Urology, repeatedly. They decided it could wait until morning rounds. I was flabbergasted.

[dlcj]

1200 mL.