Manage continuous bladder irrigation and the catheter with outflow-color and patency monitoring; hand-irrigate clots per protocol.
Provide hematuria/hemorrhage surveillance and post-operative site care; support the scrotum per order.
Provide skilled genital skin care for the dependent resident and recognize a scrotal emergency or spreading infection.
Teaching / training (to mastery)
Teach the resident/representative post-urologic-surgery care, catheter management, activity restrictions, and the warning signs (bleeding, clots, pain, no output), with return-demonstration/teach-back.
Train CNAs on catheter/irrigation observation, genital skin care, and reporting bright-red outflow, clots, distension, or severe pain, with documented understanding.
