Urinary retention

intake, output, and daily weight should have been measured (Workman & LaCharity, 2016). Also, despite that the patient was on a fluid restriction, she was still expected to produce a measurable urine output. After reflecting on this information, I felt dismayed at what I perceived as carelessness and a lack of attention to detail. I then remembered the night nurse’s demeanor during the handoff, and recalled how she seemed overwhelmed and exhausted. While I empathized with the nurse’s stress and frustration, I could not help but think that she should seek support for herself and the sake of her patients. With attention to critical thinking, any number of individuals in the health care team could have uncovered the patient’s issue of urinary retention before catheterization was required. Considering that the patient was incontinent, the nursing assistant did not need to clean the patient or provide new linen, this could have been the first indicator that something was wrong. The nurse should have monitored the intake and output of the patient, as well as assessed the pain level of the patient, who after retaining urine the entire shift, was in a substantial amount of discomfort. Also, considering the patient’s diminished level of orientation, the nurse and the physician should not have accepted the patient’s silence as evidence that she was asymptomatic. Nurses should hear this story because work related stress can easily cloud one’s judgement and this is highly detrimental…

Additional event spaces comprise of a medium plaza south of the CWF to be used for farmer markets and other events. Natural spaces scattered throughout the park include expansive garden plots and wetlands on the north edge , trees lining the north-south promenade, and new tree plantings near the ball fields and new parking areas. Like the Recreation Concept, the wetland was enhanced as an amenity to the park and park users for environmental education and help with flood retention during large…

Grade retention, also known as “being held back” or “repeating”, has been a controversy within the educational system. Grade retention is requiring a student to return to a grade for further education, because he or she did not demonstrate a knowledge of the skills. Rather than follow social promotion traditions, schools should retain students who score low on state assessments, daily homework, and test scores; have little parental support; or show a lack of maturity. The country will face many…

1 Data archiving is the process of moving data that is no longer actively used to a separate storage device for long-term retention. Archive data consists of older data that is still important to the organization and may be needed for future reference, as well as data that must be retained for regulatory compliance. Data archives are indexed and have search capabilities so files and parts of files can be easily located and retrieved. Archiving information involves removing old inactive files…

Neurological disorders (brain disorders, including cerebrovascular accident, brain tumor, normal pressure hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury); inflammation of bladder (calculi; tumor, including transitional cell carcinoma and carcinoma in situ; inflammatory lesions of the bladder; urinary tract infection); bladder outlet obstruction (see Urinary retention); stress urinary incontinence (mixed urinary incontinence; these conditions often coexist but relationship between them remains unclear);…

Derived from the berries of the saw palmetto fan palm, saw palmetto extract is believed to slow down the growth of prostate cells while relieving BPH sufferers of symptoms like weak urine flow. Prostara takes the effectiveness of saw palmetto to the next level by combining it with the following all-natural ingredients: 1. Beta-sitosterols. These are substances derived from nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables. They help ease urinary symptoms and reduce prostate…

Urinary incontinence is the lack of ability to control bladder and urinary system functions. This condition can be induced or worsened by stress. Urinary incontinence is more common in women. There are many options for treatment, most of which involve surgery. Some examples of surgical treatment are: tension-free slings, conventional slings, and suspension procedures. There three different types of tension-free slings: retropubic, transobturator, and single incision mini. Patients should take…

laterally by the obturator interni muscles superiorly, the levator ani muscles inferiorly, and the pubic symphysis and the Santorini plexus of veins anteriorly (Jung and Westphalen, 2012). The prostate gland is generally divided into two components: nonglandular and glandular (McNeal, 1980; Myers et al., 2010). The nonglandular part consists of the fibromuscular stroma that is anteriorly located to the urethra-and is a common site of cancers-and the proximal prostatic urethra extending from the…

The uses of indwelling catheters are very common in today’s healthcare. An indwelling urinary catheter is used to drain the bladder in situations like urinary incontinence, urinary retention and certain surgeries (Updated by: Jennifer Sobol, 2015). Indwelling urethral catheters are placed in the bladder and can be used for a short or long periods of time (Updated by: Jennifer Sobol, 2015). The catheter is first inserted through the urethra and then right after a small balloon is inflated which…

She said that she had surgery before on her right knee and as a result, she knew she was allergic to codeine. Now, she has a left hip surgery and hope with the treatment her pain will subside. She states some of the medication that she is taking and the purpose. She is at risk for acute pain injury, bleeding, infection, impaired skin integrity, imbalanced nutrition, impaired gas exchange, self-care deficit, urinary retention, ineffective breathing pattern, powerless and depressed. Basic…