A catheter review in residential care
RN OSCE practice station
Focused assessment · 2 min to read · 8 min to perform
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Assess him, document your findings and arrange any further care.
Douglas PriceI keep feeling I need to pass urine.
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Douglas Price has a long-term urinary catheter and reports discomfort. Assess him, document your findings and arrange any further care. The facility RN Casey and on-call GP are available.
What this station tests
- Inspect the drainage pathway before invasive catheter troubleshooting.
- Keep a closed system intact unless a justified intervention is required.
- Clinical response and measured drainage both matter after correcting compression.
Sources for the clinical content
- NHMRC: Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare
- ACSQHC: Comprehensive Care Standard
- Healthdirect: Catheter problems
An original practice scenario with invented patients. Not an exam question.