Urologic Nursing articles from August 2002

Urologic Nursing archives from August 2002

Not just urology. (President's Message).
August 1, 2002... Mr. Smith is a 50 year-old new patient with a diagnosis BPH. He presents to the office 40 minutes late for his appointment. As you view him proceeding to an examination room, he is grossly obese. As you enter the examination room, you are...

Lessons from Florence Nightingale. (Editorial).
August 1, 2002... While attending the International Academy of Nursing Editors meeting in London, England, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Florence Nightingale Museum. A guided tour was provided as part of the pre-conference festivities. I have been...

Health care clinicians in sexual health medicine: focus on erectile dysfunction. (Continuing Education).
August 1, 2002... A consensus guidelines model was developed for managing erectile dysfunction (ED) by urology nurses and other health care clinicians. The model emphasizes identification of ED in all males older than 40, education and counseling as keys to...

Continence nursing at the dawn of the 21st century: a futurist perspective. (Future Perspectives).
August 1, 2002... "The future has waited long enough; if we do not grasp it, other hands, grasping hard and boldly, will." Adlai Stevenson, 1963 Predictions of the future are both appealing and risky. We are anxious to know (and to shape) our fate as persons...

Female sexual dysfunction: definitions, causes, and treatment. (Continuing Education).
August 1, 2002... Only recently has there been some focus on female sexual function. Due to increasing knowledge regarding male sexual dysfunction and increasing focus on women's health care issues, female sexual dysfunction and its relationship to quality of...

When bladder scans fail: three case studies. (Case Study).
August 1, 2002... This article contains three case studies describing patients who initially presented with complaints of symptoms consistent with urinary retention. Preliminary bladder scans confirmed this diagnosis; however, further workup revealed nonurologic...

Type III stress urinary incontinence: response to interdisciplinary pelvic physiotherapy. (Case Study).
August 1, 2002... The purpose of this case study is to report one patient's outcome following a 10-week course of interdisciplinary pelvic physiotherapy The patient was diagnosed with intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD), a subset of Type ill stress urinary...

Behavioral interventions in primary enuresis: experience report in Brazil. (Research).
August 1, 2002... Nurses, parents, and children play an equally important role in successful behavioral management of childhood enuresis. This pilot study describes results of a multifaceted program in Brazil in which all children showed improvement in...

Selected herbal dietary supplements used to manage climacteric (menopausal-type) symptoms. (Medication Minute).
August 1, 2002... All one needs to do is look at the growing shelf space in the local pharmacy allocated to herbal dietary supplements to sense the magnitude of the current interest in complementary (alternative) therapies. Of the patients who use conventional...

Male infertility evaluation guidelines.(Abstract)
August 1, 2002... Jarow, J.J., Sharlip, I.D., Belker, A.M., Lipshultz, L.I., Sigman, M., Thomas, A.J., Schiegel, P.N., Howards, S.S., Nehra, A., Damewood M.D., Overstreet, J.W., & Sadovsky, R. (2002). Best practice policies for male infertility. The Journal of...

Pediatric genitourinary injuries.(Abstract)
August 1, 2002... Tarman, G.J., Kaplan, G.W., Lerman, S.L., McAleer, I.M., & Losasso, B.E. (2002). Lower genitourinary injury and pelvic fractures in pediatric patients. Urology, 59(1), 123-126. These authors reviewed the records of 212 children who were...

Interstitial cystitis update.(Abstract)
August 1, 2002... Moldwin, R.M., & Sant, G.R. (2002). Interstitial cystitis: A pathophysiology and treatment update. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 45(1), 259-272. Interstitial cystitis (IC) is an entity with an unknown cause, and as such, a wide...

Laparoscopic treatments compared.(for renal cell carcinoma treatment)(Abstract)
August 1, 2002... Nelson, C.P., & Wolf, J.S. (2002). Comparison of hand assisted versus standard laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for suspected renal cell carcinoma. The Journal of Urology, 167(5), 1989-1994. These authors reviewed their experience with...

New grading system may help bladder cancer treatment.(Abstract)
August 1, 2002... Soloway, M.S., Sofer, M., & Vaidya, A. (2002). Contemporay management of T1 transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. The Journal of Urology, 167(4), 1573-1583. Stage T1 transitional cell carcinoma that invades the lamina propria has an...

ED in men with diabetes.(erectile dysfunction)(Abstract)
August 1, 2002... Dey, J., & Shepard, M.D. (2002). Evaluation and treatment of erectile dysfunction in men with diabetes mellitus. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 77(3), 276-282. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a well-recognized entity in men with diabetes, and is...

Osteoporosis--Part I: risk factors and screening. (Complementary Medicine).
August 1, 2002... Osteoporosis is a significant problem in women and men. However, be fore reviewing potential treatments, it is imperative that health professionals first become introduced to the risk factors for osteoporosis and fractures, and the various...

Getting ready for certification: voiding dysfunction. (Professional Enhancement).
August 1, 2002... The Certification Board for Urologic Nurses and Associates regularly offers examination for certification, including Urologic Registered Nurse. The questions in this "Getting Ready for Certification" focus on voiding dysfunction. 1. Bobby,...

Introducing: intimacy issues.
August 1, 2002... It's happened to each of you at least once. A urology patient, finally feeling comfortable with a health care provider, asks you, "May I ask you a question about sex?" Confident that you can handle this topic, you answer, "Of course."...

It's transformation, not patient care! (On Leadership).
August 1, 2002... We must be clear that the work we do is nothing short of transforming the lives of the patients and families for whom we care. We are not in the business of only performing technical tasks for our patients. Instead, we transform! We transform a...

Patient comfort an important consideration for treating men with prostate cancer. (Current Affairs).
August 1, 2002... Survey results announced at the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) 33rd Annual Conference reveal nurses involved with administering prostate cancer drug therapy believe patient comfort should be a high priority in treating...

First study of Viagra[R] in black men demonstrates effective, well-tolerated treatment. (Current Affairs).
August 1, 2002... In the first study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Viagra[R] (sildenafil citrate) in black men with erectile dysfunction (ED), approximately 8 out of 10 patients reported improvement in their erectile function and ability to have sexual...

Removing the stigma: helping reduce the psychosocial impact of bedwetting. (Current Affairs).
August 1, 2002... Primary nocturnal enuresis (PNE) is one of the most prevalent yet most misunderstood and under-treated pediatric medical conditions. PNE, the involuntary voiding of urine during sleep, affects an estimated 5 to 7 million children aged 6 years...

Internet marketing available to urologic nurse experts. (Current Affairs).(LNC Locator from the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... The LNC Locator, an Internet database of nurse expert witnesses, is now available to urologic nurses who are interested in advertising their availability as expert witnesses, according to the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants...