Urinary incontinence

5. Do you dribble urine in between bathroom sessions? If you answer yes to any of these questions, you may have a specific type of bladder problem, such as nocturia, nocturnal enuresis, stress incontinence, and so forth. If you answered yes to multiple questions, you may have mixed urinary incontinence. Once you have determined that there may be a problem, it is time to see a doctor who can help your loved one with a plan. In the meantime, there are a number of things that can be done to…

45 and acidosis below 7.35. We need a good diet to regulate most electrolytes essential for body function. Mrs. Meriwether also has urinary system disorders. They are diseases that affect the kidney and the urinary tract (ureter, bladder, urethra). Some of them are:…

prevention, and health promotion. In addition, The AGNP collaborate with other health care providers such as physicians and specialist to better manage and treat patient illness. The problem I am really interested in researching is catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in hospitalized patients. Working as a registered nurse in a medical/surgical unit I have been exposed to different patients with indwelling Foley catheters and other requiring placement of the Foley catheter for…

Bladder function/Continence training: Bladder training is a behavioral modification treatment technique that is used for urinary incontinence that involves placing a patient on a time schedule for urination. The interval between urination is increased with hopes to train the patient to remain continent. A schedule is made for the patient. The schedule usually starts out with short intervals between urination. As soon as the patient is able to remain continent for several days at a certain time…

to specific patient risks. For instant, if a patient has postural hypotension, a nurse might choose a low bed and the practice of dangling the patient for 5 minutes on the side of bed before trying to ambulate. Or a patient with a history of urinary incontinence might be given a bedside commode to…

Background: Urology is a surgical specialty which deals with diseases of the male and female urinary tract and the male reproductive organs. There is anecdotal evidence that medical students not well known with Urology specialty comparing with other specialties like general surgery, internal medicine etc. Based on several factors including: students awareness, overcrowded curriculum, traditional medical education system, and busy hospital rotations in clinical years and internship are associated…

investigative procedures in early and accurate diagnosis of fistula in ano. To study the efficacy of different modalities of surgical approach with reference to post-operative hospital stay and complications like pain ,bleeding and sphincter incontinence and outcome in respect to persistence/ recurrence of fistulae. Material and methods: A total of 25 patients with clinically diagnosed fistula in ano were included in the study. Clinical…

The more prominent changes associated with ageing are visual and auditory changes, respiratory system changes, nervous system changes and urinary changes. Visual and Auditory changes Vision and hearing are two of our five senses, apart from smell, touch and taste. As older adults age, their vision and hearing abilities decline with various physiological changes. Impairment in these abilities…

Gonadectomies have been done in animals for decades to control the animal’s behavior, increase lifespan, decrease overpopulation etc. Veterinarians have done the procedures since the 1930s (Pi, 2016). Back then the biggest issues with the procedure was anesthesia. Since then veterinarian medicine has evolved and gonadecomties have become more common and not viewed as a welfare concern. In 1969, the first low cost spay/neuter clinic in Los Angeles opened causing people to become more aware of the…

In my clinical I was able to change the wound dressing on a patient who had a stage four wound, urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence and she was not able to speak clearly. The patient was experiencing a lot of pain and she couldn’t express those emotions clearly. However, the nurses still walked her through the procedure of looking at her wound, getting a wound culture, or changing her dressing. One of the nurses would have a conversation with the patient, although no one understood what…