Disimpaction

[Kate Schultz]

Hi all! Super random - 

We had a patient complaint recently that the hospital would not allow his aides to complete disimpaction while in the hospital like they do at home. 

Do your facilities allow RNs to do disimpaction or only physicians? 

Do you need consent? Do you have a chaperone? 

Would anyone be willing to share their protocol/procedure/policy whatever you may have? 

Thanks! 

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[Amy Floyd]

My experience with this is as a floor nurse- we were definitely not allowed to do it without a provider's order.  It was a rare occurrence. I worked on a tele floor though.  When I later became a Spinal Cord nurse, I felt terrible because I had cared for several SCi patients and did not know about bowel programs and did not know to ask the docs for orders, and I guess the patients were too embarrassed to ask.