Liquid Gold

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Specializes in LTC.

Alright go ahead and laugh but I am darned proud of myself tonight/ morning whatever!!!!

I stayed a couple extra hours to help out the 11-7 shift. The nurse that works over on my unit called me up ( I was on another unit) And asked if I wanted to put in a foley! I said I guess so but I'm not good at it!!! I have NEVER been able to insert a foley...

Well I inserted and I got it the first time and I hit liquid gold!!!!!!!! I was so happy.... Everyone else on 11-7 was happy for me too and laughing!!!!!! What a good end to a crappy night/morning

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Specializes in pure and simple psych.

Good for you. It is the little things, isn't it?

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Congratulations!! I'm not laughing, I haven't inserted a foley successfully on a real, live person yet so I'm very proud of you. :lol2:

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sometimes its the little victories that mean the most....

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Specializes in LTC / SNF / Geriatrics.

Congrats! You didn't say if it was on a male or female. If on a female, cudos! That's one of the hardest things to do, next to IVs that is! Good Job!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho.

OH i dont know about the hardest thingto do. Id put foley after foley in before i want to drop a NG tube. I think it has to do with how uncomfortable the NG is to the patient. Foley's are little to no discomfort.

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Specializes in LTC / SNF / Geriatrics.
OH i dont know about the hardest thingto do. Id put foley after foley in before i want to drop a NG tube. I think it has to do with how uncomfortable the NG is to the patient. Foley's are little to no discomfort.

Didn't think about an NG tube - guess I'm going from my limited exposure - 13 years in LTC and no hospital experience.

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Mazel Tov and many more! I remember feeling the same way

the first time - and, frankly, lots of times thereafter when it

was a tough patient, LOL. :lol2:

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Foley's are little to no discomfort.

WRONG!

I had one done just before my c-section when my son was born 2 years ago, and it was even worse than my recovery time afterwards. Honestly, the foley is what I remember as being the worst part. Well, all the laxatives they made me take weren't fun either, but with the foley, the nurse just kept screwing it up and it hurt so much.

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Congrats Cmarie!! :D

My first two female cath attempts were hopeless failures. I can't tell you how happy I was when I finally struck gold! It was a very obese, very immobile woman, who luckily was also very patient. I was basically shooting in the dark--flashlight was not much help. I was almost ready to give up when the lady let out a small yelp, so I thought "gee I must be in the right place" and went for it.

Of course I didn't have the spec. cup ready so most of the "gold" ended up on the bed. :uhoh3: But I eventually got my sample.

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OH i dont know about the hardest thingto do. Id put foley after foley in before i want to drop a NG tube. I think it has to do with how uncomfortable the NG is to the patient. Foley's are little to no discomfort.
Um, they can be pretty uncomfortable going in, and the more anxious the patient, the more uncomfortable. Since most of us are a little edgy when someone is messing around down there, I'd have to disagree that foley's are little to no discomfort. Not excruciating, but definitely uncomfortable.
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Specializes in ICU/CCU, CVICU, Trauma.
OH i dont know about the hardest thingto do. Id put foley after foley in before i want to drop a NG tube. I think it has to do with how uncomfortable the NG is to the patient. Foley's are little to no discomfort.

"little to no discomfort"? Have you ever had one?

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