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maybe I'm just thinking to hard about it.. thanks for replying !

I was reading in my book that you lubricate the catheter 1-2 inches for female and 6-7 inches for male. I also read that 2-3 inches before you see urine and once you see urine you advance 1-2 inches... My instructor was asking me how far would you insert the catheter i said 1-2 inches for a female until i see urine then i would advance 1-2 inches.. she said that i was wrong so i said 2-3 inches she said i was still wrong and that you would insert until you see urine... my question is why else would you lubricate that much of inches if you are not going to insert it that far?? why would the book be specific in the inches to lubricate it ? the urethra for a female is about 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 and she said that 1-2 inches is not even close to the bladder?? Would you insert the catheter 1-2 inches and then advance further once you see urine or is that wrong to say so?

Your post was very informative.. I still don't understand which diagnosis to choose.. I am a first semester student and my patient has an ulcer on the leg and swelling on the other leg with cellulitus on both legs.. she also has edema on her thighs and is obese.. she uses a walker and is in a lot of pain.. she can walk to the bathroom but complains of leg restlessness when she stands... I don't know which to choose from the following : Risk for infection, Risk for immobility and immobility, nutrition, chronic or acute pain... after reading what you wrote i was leaning more towards acute pain because that's something that i would try to focus on and that is to manage her pain because she's obviously in a lot of pain.. however, i'm not quite sure what else to do as an intervention besides giving pain meds..? I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me with that..