A catheter specimen awaiting dispatch
RN OSCE practice station
Documentation & charts · 2 min to read · 8 min to perform
Try a real conversation · RN OSCEAI practice
Review the specimen and care records, assess the relevant information and complete the appropriate documentation.
Harold DeanSomeone collected my urine this morning.
Free · no sign-up · uses your one free station
Open the full station (charts, voice, result letter) →The task
Harold Dean has a long-term catheter and a urine specimen awaiting dispatch. Review the specimen and care records, assess the relevant information and complete the appropriate documentation. Casey and the requesting GP are available.
What this station tests
- Correct identity labels do not guarantee a valid specimen.
- Do not disguise a drainage-bag sample as sampling-port urine.
- Record specimen and result follow-up ownership explicitly.
Sources for the clinical content
- NHMRC: Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare
- ACSQHC: Communicating for Safety Standard
- Healthdirect: Catheter problems
- NSW Clinical Excellence Commission: Catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention
An original practice scenario with invented patients. Not an exam question.