Indwelling Urinary Catheter Care - Half Day Course

The Urinary Catheter Care course introduces the participant to the function of, indications for and rationale of using Indwelling Urinary Catheters in patient/client care and the fundamentals skills relating to the effective care and management of the patient/client during urinary catheterisation and its use and maintenance.

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Qualifications Gained

• An Bord Altranais Category 1
• Portobello Institute Certificate of Completion

Course Venue

Please note that this course takes place in the clinical skills laboratory at Trinity College Dublin and in Portobello Institute City Centre.

Entry requirement

Entry to the course is by direct application to the college. This course is only suitable for registered nurses and midwives.

Course structure

This is a half day course.

Course content modules

1. What is an indwelling Urinary Catheter
2. Why is it used
3. Assessment of Need
4. Equipment and Insertion of an Indwelling Urinary Catheter
5. Care and Management of the Person with an Indwelling Urinary Catheter
6. Prescribed Medication
7. Administration and Fluid Irrigation using the Indwelling Urinary
   Catheter
8. Associated Risks and Management of Related Emergencies

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