Male Nurses straight cathing female patients

[ptjones68]

Most recently, the hospital I'm working at decided that nurse aides will not be doing straight catheterizations. I am uncomfortable doing female straight caths on my unit because many of the patients are alert yet disoriented. And to be brutally honest, I have never done a female straight cath (I have only been a nurse for a year). Nursing school never taught it to me. How do other male nurses feel about female straight cathing and deal with this? Thanks for any feedback.

ptjones68

[RN1980]

nope, dont do female caths unless the crap is fixin to hit the fan. seen much trouble come about from accusations on past nurses from this procedure and 12 leads. now if a female staff member wants to assist to prob. but i wont put myself in a situation where a silly complaint will drag me into a bunch of paperwork.

[needlefoxRN]

I've done it twice in an emergency setting. It's really not that hard if you get the hang of it. However, you have to ask the relatives or the patient herself if she is comfortable with it. Just always remember to check for back flow as you might 'miss'.

[hoope, RN]

In here Kuwait .. male nurses are not working in female wards.. they don't perfrom female cathetarization.... !