Removing Foley. Inhale or exhale?

[Woman_in_love]

Hi nurses!

I always forget/get confused what to tell patient when i remove Foley-to deep inhale or exhale when i pull it out, so that patient will experience less discomfort.

So what is right thing to tell?

Thanks a lot

[slu_rn]

I always tell them to exhale. When I've had piercings done, they always tell you to take one deep breath then they'll pierce on the exhale. That way you're more relaxed and less prone to jerk. I figure if it relaxes you for that, then it relaxes you for things like foley removal, IV catheter removal (If that is a fear for the pt) or anything else that could be "stressful".

[MIA-RN1, RN]

I have them cough when I pull it out.

[Dinith88]

My urethra dosen't breath

your lungs do @@

your lady parts doesn't breathe either but they ask you to inhale and exhale to relax........

??

I dont think the inhale/exhale thing really makes any difference. It's just to distract the patient...to have them focus on 'something' rather than the task at hand.

[TazziRN, RN]

Neither. I have my pts cough. It's like having them bear down. Relaxes the sphincter and the foley comes right out.

[MidMaineNursingGuy]

Deep breath and blow, scream is you need to but only because the procedure is freaking you out.

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

"Take a deep breath, now blow out as hard as you can.."

And while s/he is "blowing out as hard" as they can....ZOINK! foley's out! :)

[likemike, BSN, RN]

AFTER you deflate the baloon, have them breathe in and out using belly breathing to relax muscles and at the end of an exhalation pull it out. For men my age, either inserting or dc ing a foley may require a modicum of patience and meditative breathing....

[leslie :-D]

For men my age, either inserting or dc ing a foley may require a modicum of patience and meditative breathing....

that darned, ubiquitous bph!!

if i have to cath a man over 50, i pray to the good Lord that his enlarged prostate won't be in the way.

i'm a woman but still, am crossing my legs as i write this.

as to inhaling/exhaling?

i was never taught to do either.

i'm usually talking to the pt and it slides out w/o any pt reaction.

leslie