How long can a patient go without urinating after receiving a Duramorph spinal? - page 2
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Dec 21, '12 by nats2012i have a question on how to assess a patient after an abdominal surgery for example when shuould you expect to hear bowel sounds, passing gas or bm. For example in nursing school I was taught if a patient has no bowel sounds they should not eat but I saw a patient that was 1 day post op with no bowel sounds but was on a clear liquid diet. I dont understand when bowel sounds should be heard and when the diet should be advanced. -
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Dec 29, '12 by DeBerhamQuote from beauty912Did the EXACT SAME THING.I work on an ortho floor and if a patient doesn't void in 6 hours, we bladder scan and do a straight cath. Lots of times I'll even scan @ 5 hours just to see how much is in there. I always tell the patient around hour 4 or 5 ( if I haven't already) what interventions will take place at hour 6. Sometimes hearing about a catheter really motivates people to void on their own. Especially men. LOL - Dec 30, '12 by blue heeleri am more liberal with time for peeing and our ortho usually writes for a straight cath if the bladder scanner shows more than 600. 2400 is not a lot of fluid after a joint surgery.
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Jan 14 by ipaharpoonI work in Pediatric Surgery, lots of Ortho. We let 8-10 hours go by and most kids use most of the time. The longest I'll let them go is 12. Perhaps the reason why this seems more than most posts is how traumtic something like cathing is for a kid. Most of the time if they need the cath, they'll be begging for it by the time it's inserted.