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Urology for Nurses
Improve treatment and nursing care associated with common urinary tract disorders and develop an understanding of symptoms and treatment of urological disease.
Course Content
Anatomy, physiology and function of the genito-urinary tract
Urological assessment
The implications of abnormal urinalysis
Benign prostatic hypertrophy – medical and surgical management
Urinary stone disease
Diseases of the male genitals
Continence problems and management
Urological cancers: renal, bladder, prostate, testis
Male sexual dysfunction
Male and female catheterisation and care of the catheterised patient
Assessment of residual urine volume using bladder ultrasound
Aims/Outcomes
- Enhanced understanding of the urological system, disorders and dysfunction
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Develop patient management skills
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Understand the need for catheterisation and bladder ultrasound
This course will be attended by
- Nurses
- Healthcare Support Workers
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