• To support evidence based practice through enhancing the knowledge and skills of registered nurses and other healthcare professionals in performing safely and competently urethral catheterisation, the ongoing care of catheter and urinary catheter removal
• To promote the safety and well-being of all patients who require a catheterisation
• To provide guidance regarding scope of professional practice, level of competence and accountability in urinary catherisation, care and management.

Course Details

• Legislations and National Guidelines
• Professional Code of Conduct (NMC GMC HSPC)
• Duties and Responsibilities
• Arenas of Accountability
• The Importance of Interpersonal Skills
• Consent for Care and Treatment
• The Five Key Principles of MCA
• Catheter Care Procedure
• History of Catheterisation
• Indication and Complication of Urethral Catheterisation
• Risk Assessment
• Healthcare Associated Infection (HCAI)
• Infection Prevention and Control- Hand Hygiene PPE
• Aseptic Non-Touch Technique
• Anatomy & Physiology – Male and Female Urethra
• The Renal System
• NICE Pathway – Long Term Urinary Catheters
• Standard Principles of Long-Term Urinary Catheters
• Intermittent Catheterisation (ISC)
• Reasons for Catheterisation
• Criteria for Urethral Catheterisation
• Potential Causes of Increased Risk of CAUTI
• Indications and Complications of Suprapubic Catheterisation
• Positive Aspects of Suprapubic Catheterisation
• Negative Aspects of Suprapubic Catheterisation
• Catheter Selection
• Catheter Types (Adult) Longer Term
• Catheter Sizes in Adult (Short Term)
• Catheter Sizes in Young Children
• Catheter Length
• Balloon Sizes
• Selection of Appropriate Equipment
• Lubrication Gels Available
• Risks of Using Anaesthetic Lubrication Gels
• Essential Equipment
• Procedure for Female Urethral Catheterisation
• Procedure for Male Urethral Catheterisation
• Catheterisation Complications
• Spinal Cord Injury – Autonomic Dysreflexia
• Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Sepsis
• Procedure for Obtaining Urine Specimen in Catheter
• Medication and Catheterisation
• Catheter Maintenance Solution (CMS) for Bladder Washout
• Catheter Troubleshooting
• Solutions for Catheter Blockage
• Removal of Urinary Catheter
• Patient/Family/Carer Education
• Documentation, Recordkeeping and Incident Reporting
• Use of SBAR Tool in Team Communication

Visit our Facebook Page and LinkedIn Page for more information and training schedules.