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Thanks for the reply MORKO. I kinda felt like I was being treated like a criminal today as my testing instructor scolded me for not inflating. After a couple of phone calls, the rule has been changed again. Now we have to inflate. The bad thing is I was asked to sign a paper (that goes in my file) saying that I had to retest because I needed further instruction. So not fair!!! Well I decided to make my own rule, I am going to test the balloon (for precautionary measures) no matter what anyone says. It all comes down to if I decide to perform such an invasive proceedure without knowing whether or not my equipment works and consequently have to start all over, then my care was not patient focused. I WILL BE TESTING FROM NOW ON!!!

Now I'm confused. The instructor that taught us foley insertion said DO NOT INFLATE. She explained that factory testing was good enough and that testing would cause the balloon to loose its elasticity. That step is also crossed off our proceedure sheet. Now I just took my catheter insertion test with another instructor and failed because I did not inflate. WHICH ONE IS IT?