title: Teaching intermittent catheterisation: barriers.
abstract: Intermittent catheterisation can be used to empty the bladder, avoiding the need for an indwelling catheter. Patients must be taught the technique by a competent Inteand well-trained health professional, with their individual needs taken into account.
authors.affiliation: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*