Oh Lord, do I ever feel stupid. It was my first try at it today. SHE was definately not easy to get at. I was really focusing on the sterile technigue rather then just using 1 catheter tube. BUT, is there anyone else that did this in Nursing School, I feel like an idiot. My instructor was there and she was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sweet about it and very supportive. I could not get it in, I had 3 tubes in her sitting there, all were in the lady parts and finally she said, here let me try, I felt so bad, but the lady was so miserable from other pain, she felt nothing and was so thankful when we got it, because within 5 minutes she had drained 1000CC's of urine. Poor thing.
Do you always get it the first try? After it was over, I kept thinking, I want to do this again and do it right and get it myself, but dang, how much can one person take before enough is enough.
Well, no; actually, the urethra is SOUTH of the privy parts
Yeppers. Except the lady in question had a urethra that was indeed "north"--superior to--in front of (what's the opposite of "dorsal"? I can't think of the word) her privy parts. I've never seen that before or since.
Great instructions, by the way. You could be my teacher any time!
Oh Lord, do I ever feel stupid. It was my first try at it today. SHE was definately not easy to get at. I was really focusing on the sterile technigue rather then just using 1 catheter tube. BUT, is there anyone else that did this in Nursing School, I feel like an idiot. My instructor was there and she was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sweet about it and very supportive. I could not get it in, I had 3 tubes in her sitting there, all were in the lady parts and finally she said, here let me try, I felt so bad, but the lady was so miserable from other pain, she felt nothing and was so thankful when we got it, because within 5 minutes she had drained 1000CC's of urine. Poor thing.
Do you always get it the first try? After it was over, I kept thinking, I want to do this again and do it right and get it myself, but dang, how much can one person take before enough is enough.
My first female foley insertion on a real person :) was after I graduated. It was on an alert and oriented 42 year old woman with MS that just so happen to be a former ICU nurse. She was so sweet... OK honey if you missed just leave it in so you know where not to go next time and get another foley (you learn not to ever go in the room with just one). I think it took me about 4 tries so I know how you feel... I felt like a big doofus.
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Yeppers. Except the lady in question had a urethra that was indeed "north"--superior to--in front of (what's the opposite of "dorsal"? I can't think of the word) her privy parts. I've never seen that before or since.
Great instructions, by the way. You could be my teacher any time!