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Why is the scope of practice important for nurses?

Do emergency room nurses tell patients they have to do certain things to you just to get practice?

  • A few years ago I had stabbing, screaming, deadly feeling stomach pains late at night that would not go away so I eventually went to the er. I was still perfectly capable of getting up and walking to the bathroom though. They didn't even plan to keep me overnight or admit me or anything, they ended up giving me the wrong diagnosis and sending me home. But while I was still there, the nurse came in and said she was going to put a catheter in. I asked her why because I was not bedridden. She said she just thought it would help since I wasn't feeling well so I wouldn't have to get up and go to the bathroom. I said bull, I am perfectly capable of making it to the bathroom, in fact they discharged me that night. Catheters are for people who are admitted and can't get up out of bed at all. I think she was probably just a newer nurse and wanted to use me as a guinea pig to get practice. I'm the kind of person people tend to take advantage of. If I was discharged that night I don't see any other reason why they would want to do a catheter when they would have taken it out just a couple hours later. She kept trying to tell me I had no choice and had to get it done. But fortunately I had done my homework on patient rights. I knew she was lying. Patient rights in US state that a patient has the right to refuse ANY medical treatment as long as they are not in a state in which they are unable to refuse. For example: if the patient is unconscious they are unable to say no. I told her that over and over again and she eventually gave up. I don't see why else someone would be so determined to put a catheter in when I really didn't need one. And I also live in a small town, so maybe I knew her from somewhere before and someone said or heard a rumor and she just wanted to peek at my crotch? (Ex: some people start rumors that someone has a strange piercing/tattoo, or is really hairy down there, etc.) Maybe she wanted to find out if I shaved or not due to rumors. Why else would she want to put a catheter in when it is obviously not necessary?

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    100% obvious BULLSHIT!

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No they do not, because they need an order to do most things; so the doc ordered that. Catheters serve many purposes and it is not always safe to have a patient walking to the bathroom while in the ER with unknown diagnosis. But obviously you know better? Nurses could absolutely CARE less what your genitals look like, whether you shave or not, have tatoos or any other fantasy notion you have. What really is your question here?

Diane A

Emergency nurses have much better things to do. You're right, though, that she may have been inexperienced, and not aware of the reason the doctor asked for a catheter to be placed. There are more reasons than your just not being able to get up. But then, if you got narcotic pain medications, they may have felt it safer for you to stay in bed rather than get up, discover you've had plenty of narcotics, and fall. Catheters are used to obtain a better, cleaner urine specimen; and they're used to monitor urine output fairly commonly in the emergency department setting, as just some examples.

John de Witt

... She's a retard? >_>

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