Part of rehabilitation care includes teaching T.W. how to manage his continuous urinary
drainage system (UDS). What would this teaching include?
What will be an ideal response?
For those who must maintain a closed UDS, teaching should include:
• Maintaining patency of the UDS
• Cleansing the genital skin area at regular intervals
• Changing the urinary catheter at regular intervals
• Emptying, cleansing, and changing the UDS at regular intervals
• Cleansing the urinary catheter externally at the meatus
• Noting the urinary drainage characteristics
• Positioning to promote urinary drainage
• Checking the leg bag straps for constriction at regular intervals
• Maintaining meticulous skin care
• Monitoring for bladder distention
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