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BEDPANS DON'T WORK FOR FEMALE URINATION!!! As if you didn't already know... We have been using emesis basins and suction for our post cardiac cath females who are flat on bedrest for anywhere from 2 to 4 hours.

The basin can be pushed slightly into the mattress under the perineum, and the suction removes the urine, allowing you free hands to attend to personal hygiene. Does't it drive you crazy to have to find a place to put the pan while the paperwork gets done? How come we never noticed before that the fracture pan is BACKWARDS because the shallow part is at the back, where our bottoms push it down (causing spills up the back). It even works on 300 pounders! Try it out, save your aides back, your back, sheets, and most of all the female patients dignity! :uhoh3:

Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

The Millie is handled by the patient. How much dignity would there be with an emesis basin and a yankaur suction? Besides a total knee patient would be up that night on my unit, and to the BR then or at least the next am. Some TKAs never even came to the floor.

Sorry but some tiny amount of dignity is usually lost when one is dependent on others. A millie with a chux assures the perineum is covered, the bed is dry and the caregiver who empties it takes the chux with her.

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Specializes in LTC, Float Pool, Ortho, Telemetry.

I Don't Think Most Pt's Would Understand This Technique And Besides They Need To Be Getting Out Of Bed As Much As Possible

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Specializes in LTC, Float Pool, Ortho, Telemetry.
I Don't Think Most Pt's Would Understand This Technique And Besides They Need To Be Getting Out Of Bed As Much As Possible
TO ENCOURAGE ROM AND DEEP BREATHING. ON OUR UNIT WE ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FEMALE PT'S COMPLETELY EMPTYING THEIR BLADDER WHILE IN BED.
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