Is It A Widespread Hospital Practice For CNAs To Catheter Patients?

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Would appreciate your comments, thoughts and experience on this.

Thanks, all!

We teach family members to cath all the time. Why not techs?

I have worked at MANY instituitions that techs cath pt's with out any increase in infection rate or problems.

Dave

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In my LTC facility CNAs are only allowed to do ADLs and TPR, no BPs...and definitely not catheterizing pts! That sounds so weird to me, but then again maybe it's just because our CNAs aren't trained to do so...maybe it's different in other states.

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Originally posted by Shotzie

Larry, All I can say on this topic is YIKES!!!

Back when Columbia hospital system ruled the South and was expanding repidly, they decided that non-professionals could do most of the tasks that nurses do and at a lot less money. So they put in place a corporate wide program of de-professionizing as many positions as they could and suddenly nurses were supervising all kinds of people doing things like insertion of indwelling catheters...unfortunately, it seemed like such a good idea on paper many other hospitals soon climbed on board.

Shotzie,

I must object to the global use of the term non-professional. I myself am an ER tech as well as a licensed EMT. No, I do not have an Associates or greater in nursing, but I do however have a degree in Sociology. So between my degree and licensing as an EMT and the vast training I have completed to perform my job I would like to think that I too am a professional. I don't think we are talking about candy stripers distrbuting foley's. I agree that not everyone is as skillful in each task assigned, but then again, were you an expert when you were first trained? I know that the nurses who work with me have th eutmost respect for mine and other tech's skills. They feel that we are a great asset to the department and that we too are professionals.

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You are not allowed to do Catheter insertion if you are not License ,because it is an invasive procedure you can do cath. care that's all i work at a skilled unit with TBI i finish PN did not have my license yet i cannot even do that.Sarpa

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You are not allowed to do Catheter insertion if you are not License ,because it is an invasive procedure you can do cath. care that's all i work at a skilled unit with TBI i finish PN did not have my license yet i cannot even do that.Sarpa

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