The Nurse Practitioner in Urology [electronic resource] /
Lajiness, Michelle.editor.
Quallich, Susanne.editor.
This book is designed to meet the needs of nurse practitioners and other Advanced Practice Nurses, as well as physician assistants, working in urology. The full range of domains of practice is covered, including assessment and diagnosis, clinical management, nurse practitioner and patient relationships, consultation, health promotion and disease prevention, and practice management and research. Some background knowledge is assumed regarding the normal anatomy and physiology of the genitourinary system and the pathophysiology underlying specific urologic health-related problems.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Scope of practice, guidelines, clinical privileging -- Transitioning pediatric urology patients to adult urology practices -- Men's health, hypogonadism and fertility overview -- Evaluation and management of common scrotal conditions -- Erectile dysfunction -- Benign prostatic hyperplasia -- Prostatitis -- Urologic dermatology -- Stone disease -- Stricture and trauma -- Urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis -- Urodynamics -- Neurogenic bladder -- Stress incontinence -- Overactive bladder -- Underactive bladder -- Women's urology -- Painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis -- Prostate cancer.-Bladder and urothelial cancer -- Kidney cancer -- Penile and testicular cancers.-Geriatric urology -- Office management -- Procedures for the nurse practitioner in urology -- Uroradiology -- Coding issues.
This book is designed to meet the needs of nurse practitioners and other Advanced Practice Nurses, as well as physician assistants, working in urology. The full range of domains of practice is covered, including assessment and diagnosis, clinical management, nurse practitioner and patient relationships, consultation, health promotion and disease prevention, and practice management and research. Some background knowledge is assumed regarding the normal anatomy and physiology of the genitourinary system and the pathophysiology underlying specific urologic health-related problems.
Nursing administration.
Urology.
Occupational medicine.
Nursing—Research.
Nursing Management.
Urology.
Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine.
Nursing Research.