The Nurse Practitioner in Urology
Title:
The Nurse Practitioner in Urology
ISBN:
9783319287430
Edition:
1st ed. 2016.
Publication Information New:
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Physical Description:
XII, 420 p. 14 illus., 11 illus. in color. online resource.
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
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.
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Electronic Access:
Full Text Available From Springer Nature Medicine 2016 Packages
Language:
English