Catheter Teaching 1563
Skilled nurse assess patient for S/S of complication related to diagnostic.
Instructed caregiver about your Foley catheter daily Care: Keep the skin and catheter
clean. Clean the skin around your catheter at least once each day. Clean the skin area and
catheter after every bowel movement. Call the patient MD if: you cannot get the catheter to
drain urine into the bag, the catheter comes out or it is leaking, the urine is thick and
cloudy. Your urine has mucus, red specks, or blood in it. Urine with blood in it may appear
pink or red. the urine has a strong (bad) smell, No urine has drained from the catheter in 6 to
8 hours, have pain or burning in your urethra, bladder, abdomen, or lower back, have shaking
chills or your temperature is over 101° F (38.3° C).
Reviewed November 2017
Reviewed for general reference only. Adapt to your patient, agency policy, and scope of practice.
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