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The most I've emptied from someone's bladder is 1,600 ml's.
How about you?
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.
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!
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.
JBudd, MSN
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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!