Competency information
Details
Obtain a suitably completed request form, greet the patient, check patient identity and ensure that the patient’s identity is confirmed as correct and fully identified on each type of recording system.
Considerations
- The requirements for correct completion of request forms and how to validate the request.
- The importance of checking and confirming the patient identity and the implications of not doing so.
- Factors to look for in review of the patient’s bladder diary.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform safe urethral catheterisation. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform safe insertion of rectal catheters. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform flowmetry, residual urine assessment by ultrasound, and filling and voiding cystometry in patients presenting with a range of conditions, for example urinary retention, urgency and stress incontinence. |