Female catheter insertion diagram

Equipment:

• Catheter kit with all sterile items
• Sterile drainage tubing and bag (if not included in indwelling catheter insertion kit)
• Device to secure catheter (if not included in kit)
• Extra sterile gloves and catheter (optional)
• Clean gloves
• Basin with warm water washcloth
• Towel and soap for perineal care
• Flashlight or other additional light source
• Bath blanket
• waterproof absorbent pad
• Measuring container

Steps:

1. WIIAPA:

1. 1. Wash hands
   2. Introduce self
   3. Identify patient (use 2 identifiers)
   4. Allergies – don’t forget food allergies
   5. Plan of care
   6. Assess patient

1. Educate patient catheter insertion and rational.
2. Provide privacy by closing room door and bedside curtain.
3. Raise bed to appropriate working height.
4. Place waterproof pad under patient.
5. Position female patient in a dorsal recumbent position (on back with knees flexed) and ask them to relax thighs to accommodate hip rotation.
6. Drape female patient with a bath blanket.
7. Position light to illuminate genitals or have assistant available to h
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