Personally I can not believe that they put this on you tube and that people are actually looking at it.
Luckily, I have dealt with the geriatric population. Whole different ball game, there.
Dare I even look at that video?
Personally I can not believe that they put this on you tube and that people are actually looking at it.
ok this will obviously be a dumb "typical male" question, ive seen a cath go into a patient so fast ive never seen how long the tubes actually are (im not a RN) i usually see it being rammed in 1/2 into the procedure. so question is, is the cath long enough for the more endowed male patients or do they come in various lengths?
Yes, foleys come in different thicknesses, but the size has nothing to do with penis size. The standard size for an adult (male or female) is 16 french. For children, you would use a smaller size, for adults who have a dilated urethra from long-term catheterization, you'd use a larger size.
Amanda, RN, BSN
Ex-Traveler Extraordinaire,
Resident Trauma Queen
AMEN!....And why is it so difficult for nurses of either gender to understand that it is not about them,men and women both varry in their degree of personal modesty.
In the town where I lived there was a family that was middle eastern from the Druze religion (not Muslim, Not Christian) They are forbidden to have anyone of the opposite sex who they are not married to touch them. They came to our facility because we understood their needs. We arranged to all female or all male care staff when one of them was hospitalized. Not such a big deal when we didn't let our ego's interfere.
Peace
Hppy