CNA SKILL: MEASURES AND RECORDS URINARY OUTPUT

SKILL 13 - MEASURES AND RECORDS
URINARY OUTPUT
1 Puts on clean gloves before handling bedpan
2 Pours the contents of the bedpan into measuring
container without spilling or splashing urine outside of
container
3 Rinses bedpan and pours rinse into toilet
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)
5 After measuring urine, empties contents of measuring
container into toilet
6 Rinses measuring container and pours rinse into toilet
7 Before recording output, removes and disposes
of gloves (without contaminating self) into waste
container and washes hands
8 Records contents of container within plus or minus
25 ml/cc of evaluator’s reading