Catheter care in the community.
The practice of healthcare professionals performing routine catheter changes and the education of patients and carers regarding these procedures is discussed. Patients' sexual needs when catheterisation is used as a method of urinary management are considered, and options for maintaining a normal life style are described.
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Chorley and South Ribble General Hospital, Lancashire.
D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy