Title: Maintain a closed urinary drainage system.
Course: Nurse Aide II (14051-II) > Section: Developing Basic Nursing Skills

Maintenance should include

- making certain that the drainage tubes are connected
- keeping the drainage bag below bladder level
- wearing gloves
- knowing what observations to record and report
- changing a drainage bag to a leg bag
- emptying the drainage bag.

Refer to Unit VIII in in Nurse Aide Curriculum, Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2023.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How is a drainage bag changed to a leg bag?
- If a drainage system is accidentally disconnected, what are the steps to reconnect it?
- What observations should a CNA record and report about a closed urinary drainage system?
- When would a client use a dignity bag?