title: Does nurse self-testing affect catheter choice?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Involving patients in decision making about their care requires expert knowledge and understanding of patients' perspectives. Knowledge comes from several sources and experience; however, the self-testing of products by health professionals who teach clean intermittent self-catheterisation (CISC) has not been investigated.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to assess the impact of self-testing on catheter evaluation by continence nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen continence nurses self-tested two catheters and completed a questionnaire on their opinions about the catheter, routine self-testing and whether the study would make them change their usual practice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Almost half of the participants found self-testing intermittent catheters a useful experience and some of those who did not routinely self-test said they would do so in future.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Self-testing intermittent catheters can provide useful knowledge to those who teach CISC.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rigby
authors.forename: Colette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Adele
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D062885:Urinary Catheters