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Anyone Cath themselves?

Now, I know people stick themselves all the time to practice blood draws, and students often do IM saline injections on each other, but has anyone ever done a self cath? I don't even want to ask if people have practiced cathing each other, that would be just a whole different level of closeness as a nursing class.

So come on stories, I know someone has done this :p

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    LOL.........have YOU??? :eek:

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    Ohhhhh hell no and we didn't practice any kind of injections on each other and hell no would I practice anything on myself.

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    I know of patients who routinely self-catheterize. They've got to have intact cognitive functioning and manual dexterity in order to complete routine self-catheterizations.

    People with spinal cord injuries, older individuals with urinary retention issues, and others who live in the community must self-catheterize, often several times per day.

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    I had an MS patient who straight-cath'd herself routinely.

    But in terms of students putting in Foleys on themselves, that's hard to imagine.

    We practiced IV starts on each other but that was the extent of it.

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    haha! I had a laugh at this because, personally, I can barely dye my own hair... I can't even imagine that...

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