Skill 13 — Measures and Records Urinary Output

Step 1

Puts on clean gloves before handling bedpan

Step 2

Pours the contents of the bedpan into measuring container without spilling or splashing urine outside of container

Step 3

Rinses bedpan and pours rinse into toilet

Step 4

Measures the amount of urine at eye level with container on flat surface (if between measurement lines, round up to nearest 25 ml/cc)

Step 5

After measuring urine, empties contents of measuring container into toilet

Step 6

Rinses measuring container and pours rinse into toilet

Step 7

Before recording output, removes and disposes of gloves (without contaminating self) into waste container and washes hands

Step 8:BOLD

Records contents of container within plus or minus 25 ml/cc of evaluator’s reading