Title: Identify equipment used with the urinary system.
Course: Nurse Aide (14051) > Section: Unit VIII: Personal Care Skills

Identification should include

- urinal – often used by male residents; can be used standing, sitting, or lying down
- bedpan – can be used by both male and female residents; may be uncomfortable to use
  - regular – wide; rounded end placed under buttocks
  - fracture pan – used after hip surgery; thin end placed under buttocks
- bedside commode – kept at the bedside for residents unable to walk to the bathroom
- catheter – inserted through the urinary meatus; drains urine from the bladder
  - straight – temporary; removed as soon as the bladder is emptied
  - indwelling – remains in the bladder to continuously drain into a collection bag
  - condom – also known as Texas catheter; fits over the penis and drains into a bag
- urinary drainage bags.