Question

What patient factors would have a negative impact on the nurse's ability to insert an indwelling Foley catheter?

Answer 1

Indwelling catheters are often used by nursing to empty the urine collected in the urinary bladder of patient.

Indwelling catheters are inserted in the urethra to the bladder and allows for passive emptying of urine.

Indwelling catheters are used for urinary incontinence and difficulty emptying the bladder.

Insertion of indwelling catheter requires skill and should be performed by trained staff.

But some patient factors have a negative impact on the nurse's ability to insert an indwelling Foley catheter which are as follows:

1. Uncooperative patients

2. Patients with mobility issues

3. Patients with contractures or spasticity

4. Patients with paralysis or spasm

5. Patients with genitourinary trauma

6. Patient with urethral obstruction