I hope this is in the right section......
I'm a nursing student, and I had an uncomfortable situation come up with my clinical instructor today. I'm wondering if we were abusive towards the patient. Let me explain. An eldery female patient with dementia had an order for an in and out foley. We explained several times to her what we needed to do, and why, but she kept on forgetting. Despite us telling her over and over why we needed to do a foley and what it was for, she kept on saying "no" "don't" and "that hurts". Despite her saying "no", "don't" and "that hurts", my clinical instructor instructed my classmate to continue with the foley. The patient started to cry. I felt really uncomfortable with my instructor having my classmate continue to do the procedure. It felt like rape or abuse. What do you all think about this?