My First Foley!!!

I am so excited! I did my first Foley tonight, on a female. I was super nervous since I got totally yelled out by a passive agressive instructor last semester in clinicals that I "just didn't seem confident" and "she guessed she would check me off" (the dummy/manikin test)

Anyhoo, fast forward to Lifespan, 2nd semester and a great new instructor! She was super supportive and encouraging, and I did AWESOME. No breaks in sterile technique, and I found the urethra right away:) .

I'm SO excited! :) :) :) Just had to share!

congrats, and thanks for sharing,

i have only done the dummy so far, i hope i can be as successful as you when i get the real thing!!! :)

Ick...that's the one procedure I am soooooooooooo not looking forward to. But congrats anyways!!!!

W@@ H@@ !!!

What a feeling when you successfully sail over one more hurdle!

haha,,,, you struck gold?

Woo hoo!!!!! Keep up the good work.

Cool beans!

Awesome! Congrats! Isn't it wonderful to have a positive, helpful instructor by your side?

I can't wait until my first foley!

Congrats! Good for you!

How cool! I'm looking forward to my first foley. Now, the NG tube is one procedure I am NOT looking forward to ever doing.

I witnessed an RN trying to insert an NG tube into a VERY uncooperative patient during my CNA clinicals last year, and the experience will be forever burned into my brain.

A good instructor can make all the difference!

We checked off last semester, but I haven't done any skills yet except drawing blood and a sterile dressing change on a surgical wound. Going to the OR tomorrow, so I might just get that chance to do my first Foley too!

Another milestone !!! :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

How exciting for you, and what a confidence booster ! GOOD FOR YOU !!!

(AND your new instructor!) :)

How cool! I'm looking forward to my first foley. Now, the NG tube is one procedure I am NOT looking forward to ever doing.

I witnessed an RN trying to insert an NG tube into a VERY uncooperative patient during my CNA clinicals last year, and the experience will be forever burned into my brain.

I'm an LVN student, and I've done several foleys and many NG tubes, for some reason the NG was the very thing I feard, and Now, I would much rather do an NG than a foley! :)