Living with an indwelling urethral catheter in a community setting: exploring triggers for unscheduled community nurse ‘out of hours’ visits

ConclusionUrethral catheter complications are frequent and impact seriously on quality of life with informal carers also affected. Community nurses experienced frequent unscheduled visits. Patients often feel isolated as well as lacking in knowledge, skills and information on catheter management. Having better urethral catheter information resources could increase patient and relative carer confidence, encourage self‐care and problem solving, as well as facilitate meaningful consistent dialogue between patients and those who provide them with help and support. Relevance to Clinical PracticeBetter patient information resources regarding urethral catheter management have potential to improve patient and relative carer quality of life and reduce service provision burden.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research