My clinical rotation begins in a few weeks - older adult, extended care facility at the Ann Arbor VA - I think they figure if these patients survived the armed forces they will most likely survive newbie students invading their space(s).
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
See one, do one, teach one...
I have my lab tonight - from 5-10 p.m. This is where we practice our skills and have check-outs (tested by our clinical instructors) prior to being turned loose on the public. Tonight I will be doing a Foley catheter - not too stressed - I figure there's basically only one way to get it in! Errr, well, one way to PROPERLY get it in.
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Are you practicing on a real vic...I mean person or a dummy?
We practice on mannequins with interchangeable plastic parts, aka genitals. Not quite a substitute for the real thing, but also grateful that I didn't have to play patient for one of my classmates! The Lab assistants also mixed up some urine-like substance that stained the towels, bedding, gauze, etc. - but at least it didn't smell ;)
Catheterization can be summarized thusly:
Clean it, Poke it, Drain it.
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