Continuous Urine Monitoring

[Ashman]

Recently we have been involved in a number of cases where had urine output been more thoroughly monitored, symptoms could have been more readily detected, more focused treatment would have been applied to the patient and therefore better care would have been given in the ER/ICU/OP/Trauma unit.

Has anyone else had this experience?

[Da_Milk_of_Amnesia, MSN]

I have a question about the collection chambers on the front of the Foley bag. There are 2 chambers. When you are reading the hourly output, and it is more than the 50 cc in the smaller chamber, do you take the reading from the large chamber and add the 50 cc, or do you only take the measurement from the larger chamber?

You would take the measurement from the larger chamber.

[sunnycalifRN]

I guess we're spoiled but all our patients with foleys are monitored with Criticore urometers which keeps track of the hourly urine output and keeps the hourly values in memory. So, if you get busy, you still can retrieve the hourly urine output.

[Reno1978, BSN, RN]

I guess we're spoiled but all our patients with foleys are monitored with Criticore urometers which keeps track of the hourly urine output and keeps the hourly values in memory. So, if you get busy, you still can retrieve the hourly urine output.

I love these!

Like others have mentioned, we monitor UO Q1h and for patients without catheters, we bladder scan them if they have not voided within 6 hours and would get an order for a straight cath if appropriate and they're unable to void on their own.