NCLEX says birfucation if male, so you insert until the y. When I normally do it, sometimes I have to go that far with men. But with females you have to do the 2 inches. DC in the morning. A lot of surgeries now take less than a day and day of surgery is highest falls risk. Getting to the bathroom all night will not help, especially if you are on a serious ortho floor where one patient may take more than 30 minutes toileting. You will need them to void within 6 hours of removing the catheter. You do a bladder scan twice to make sure that they do not retain more than 300 before you can let them go home. If a fracture you may have to leave it in longer if the doctor says. Just follow the doctor's orders if given.