Female cathing

[sistrmoon]

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this as a trend. I get called in a lot to help with female catherization, and I've noticed a lot of nurses go right for the clitoral hood! Now there are definitely patients who present a challenge(I had one patient with very unique anatomy who stumped even my floor's most expert cathing people), but I guess I'd expect people to aim low into the lady parts rather than high like they seem to do so often. These are exclusively female nurses too, so I guess I'd expect that even if they somehow missed that class in A&P, maybe their own anatomy would help them along?

[SwansonRN]

If anybody ever needs a nurse to put a foley in someone's lady parts or poke it at their clitoral hood for a few minutes, I'm their girl!

But I've gotten better lately. Love that yellow flash.

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

I did that my 1st time too. I still apologize in my mind. Nursing school did not cover the actual anatomy of the situation well. I was clueless! That was 20 years ago and I still remember...............

[malestunurse]

If so many women are unsure about their own anatomy how are us guys suppose to have any chance?

[chrisrn24]

Yeah I'm hit and miss with it. First time I ever cathed a woman I got it right first time! Second time not so much!

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

If so many women are unsure about their own anatomy how are us guys suppose to have any chance?

We never looked at our own and you have. That should help - LOL!

[sistrmoon, BSN, RN]

If anybody ever needs a nurse to put a foley in someone's lady parts or poke it at their clitoral hood for a few minutes I'm their girl! But I've gotten better lately. Love that yellow flash.[/quote']

Hee! We all have our strengths and weaknesses. I'm the urethra and port whisperer, but I suck at IV placement.

[sistrmoon, BSN, RN]

And I want to know about the can of Sprite too! Don't keep us in suspense.

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

Fluid intake for the patient?

[OCNRN63, RN]

Okay, what was the can of Sprite for?

Silly...you can work up quite a thirst trying to place a difficult cath!

[DoeRN]

Okay what was the can of Sprite for?[/quote']

Oh lol to make her pee. She didn't want water. We had to put her on the bedpan and visualize where the pee was coming from.

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[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

If so many women are unsure about their own anatomy how are us guys suppose to have any chance?

You get better opportunities to observe it than a lot of us do. :)

[Anna Flaxis, BSN, RN]

Oh lol to make her pee. She didn't want water. We had to put her on the bedpan and visualize where the pee was coming from.

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Haha, too funny. I was imagining pouring it over the urethra to make it more visible, or using the can to hold the pannus out of the way.