Author Question: The nurse will anticipate inserting a Coud catheter for which patient? a. An 8-year-old male ... (Read 61 times)

SGallaher96 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse will anticipate inserting a Coud catheter for which patient?

a. An 8-year-old male undergoing anesthesia for a tonsillectomy
b. A 24-year-old female who is going into labor
c. A 56-year-old male admitted for bladder irrigation
d. An 86-year-old female admitted for a urinary tract infection

Question 2

A nurse is inserting an indwelling urinary catheter for a male patient. Which action will the nurse take?

a. Hold the shaft of the penis at a 60-degree angle.
b. Hold the shaft of the penis with the dominant hand.
c. Cleanse the meatus 3 times with the same cotton ball from clean to dirty.
d. Cleanse the meatus with circular strokes beginning at the meatus and working outward.

lgoldst9 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
A Coud catheter has a curved tip that is used for patients with enlarged prostates. This would be indicated for a middle-aged male who needs bladder irrigation. Coud catheters are not indicated for children or women.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Using the uncontaminated dominant hand, cleanse the meatus with cotton balls/swab sticks, using circular strokes, beginning at the meatus and working outward in a spiral motion. Repeat 3 times using a clean cotton ball/swabstick each time. With the nondominant hand (now contaminated), retract the foreskin (if uncircumcised) and gently grasp the penis at the shaft just below the glans. Hold the shaft of the penis at a right angle to the body.