Patient Care Description
At the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, current policies in regards to urinary catheterization state that there must be an approved indication for insertion. The indications are I & O monitoring at hourly or every two-hour intervals; acute exacerbations of chronic heart failure where diuretic therapy requires I & O monitoring; comfort care during terminal illness; incontinence with perineal, ischial, or sacral Stage III or IV pressure ulcers; urologic surgery; surgical need; chronic urinary retention; diagnostic purposes; and others that must be specified. The patient must be assessed daily to determine if there is still an acceptable indication justifying continued catheterization in Continue reading...