Why might someone have a catheter - CORRECT ANSWERS-Relieve retention
Empty bladder for surgery
Sterile specimen
Measure post residual volume
Monitor output
What does an indwelling catheter do - CORRECT ANSWERS-Gradually decompresses
an over-distended bladder
Has 2-3 lumens
Continuous drainage
Has a balloon
What does and intermittent catheter do - CORRECT ANSWERS-Drains the bladder in
5-10 sec.
No balloon
For a sterile specimen
What is a superapubic catheter - CORRECT ANSWERS-Its inserted in the pelvic area
for continuous drainage
What would you check/ask before placing a catheter in your patient - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Last void
Palpate bladder
Surgery
Bladder scan
What position should you have your client in for inserting a catheter - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Lebotamy or semifowlers
What should you assess when the catheter is in - CORRECT ANSWERS-ASSESS
every 2-3 hours
Tubing is free of kinks
Bag is below the bladder
Drainage system is sealed
Color, amount, clarity, blood clots, and odor of urine
Bladder cancer
Trauma
Fistual
Chronic crystitis
, What can happen if you leave a catheter in for to long - CORRECT ANSWERS-Pain
UTI
Distension
Why might someone have trauma from a catheter - CORRECT ANSWERS-Forced
through structures
Wrong angle
Inflated balloon in the wrong spot
What will cause a hypotensive episode and bladder spasms - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Draining a full bladder to fast
What is autonomic dysreflexia - CORRECT ANSWERS-With spine injury clients
Reflex from ANS from an impacted bowel or full bladder
Vasoconstriction, increase in BP, headache, sweating, flushing, goose bumps
Should you ever cut the balloon valve off the catheter if the balloon doesn't deflate -
CORRECT ANSWERS-NO
What are some complications after a catheter removal - CORRECT ANSWERS-Atrophy
Urethral swelling
Burning with first void
Why might you get bladder spasms when irrigating the bladder - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Not body temperature irrigation fluid
Emptied to much
What is a hemodialysis machine - CORRECT ANSWERS-A machine that filters waste
out of the blood
What are the dialysis sites - CORRECT ANSWERS-Arteriovenous fistula
Hemodialysis catheter
What is a peritoneal dialysis - CORRECT ANSWERS-Use patients peritoneum as a
semi-permeable membrane
Diasylate is instilled into the peritoneal cavity and kept there till removed,, with the
wastes
What is informed consent - CORRECT ANSWERS-When the patient agrees to the
operation, it is the surgeon's responsibility to obtain informed consent
Why might an anesthetic be used for surgery - CORRECT ANSWERS-Decrease
anxiety, nausea and vomiting, respiratory tract infections
What are some common post-op. problems - CORRECT ANSWERS-Hypothermia
Cardiac compromise
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