INTERVENTIONS FOR GENITOURINARY EMERGENCIES AND SELECTED CONDITIONS

Course overview

GENITOURINARY EMERGENCIES VARY IN SEVERITY. MANY CASES CAN BE TREATED WITH ANALGESICS AND ANTIBIOTICS, BUT OTHERS REQUIRE IMMEDIATE SURGERY. NURSES MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH STANDARD GENITOURINARY INTERVENTIONS AND MUST BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE THE MANY DIFFERENT GENITOURINARY CONDITIONS. THIS COURSE DISCUSSES NURSING INTERVENTIONS FOR GENITOURINARY EMERGENCIES, INCLUDING URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, PYELONEPHRITIS, AND URETHRAL FOREIGN OBJECTS. THE COURSE ALSO COVERS GENITOURINARY DISORDERS SPECIFIC TO MALES. (89 MINUTES)