So before Christmas I spent some time back at university
attending some not so exciting lectures and seminars. Dotted amongst these were
a couple of practical sessions, which I really enjoy as they are obviously
things I can take into practice and feel I learn the most from them.
The most recent practical session was urinary catheterisation
in both men and women, although they spoke more about the anatomy of women when
performing a catheterisation than men, which I found a bit bizarre. Having not
performed an actual catheterisation on a person yet, I'm more daunted by
performing one on a man than a woman, and I don't think that's just because I'm
a woman. I've seen one performed on a man and it was extremely uncomfortable to
watch never mind do it myself. The memory makes me wince. We practiced a couple
of times on models and it was impossible with the lubricant and stiff rubber models.
I think we spent more time giggling about it mind! I really just hope that it's
easier to catheterise a human than one of those ridiculous models.
Our tutors said that we should aim to perform a catheterisation
on both genders during our last placement of the year, which I start on Monday
btw! ARGH! My nerves are literally jangling at the thought of it all.
Here is a pretty handy dandy link that shows you how to
perform a catheterisation for those interested: http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-
If you've performed one before, what helped you gain
confidence with it? Any tips? :)
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