Hello fellow nurses! I'm sorry if this is a stupid question.
Last night my patient asked me why her urine in the Foley drainage bag would be bloody or pink-tinged if the catheter is in her pee hole (urethra)?
To me, I never gave this much thought because they are bleeding so much in the postpartum period, and I figured the blood and urine could mix, but then I thought that she does have a point and if the tube is in her urethra up to her bladder, it wouldn't mix?
I have seen pink-tinged or a bit of bloody urine/clots in the foley bags for our other PP moms and the other nurses don't seem to be concerned, so I just wanted to see what you guys thought. This has been confusing me!
- Also, I wanted to ask you if you put in foley catheters for your PP lady partsl deliveries because I find it strange that we do it on our unit. I feel like other hospitals just do I&O which I agree with because it prevents UTI incidences and encourages ambulation.
Skips, MSN, RN
518 Posts
The vag deliveries with a Foley seems unnecessary, I agree. That is asking for infection or trauma!
Klone's answers are spot on.