Contribution to Book
Genitourinary Cancer: Urethral Cancer
Core Curriculum for Urologic Nursing
(2016)
Abstract
Book Summary: Urologic nursing has changed significantly over the past decade as a result of changes in the nursing profession, advances in science and technology, and transformations in healthcare. The specialty of urology has evolved to meet an increasingly diverse patient population with health needs across the lifespan. Urologic nurses, whether generalists or advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), have increasingly important and expanded roles in the prevention and management of acute or chronic urological problems. Leadership roles in consumer and professional education, practice administration, quality improvement initiatives and research, and policy advocacy related to urologic issues have strengthened urologic nursing as a specialty area. The content of the Core Curriculum is wide-ranging, covering urologic nursing and health promotion, genitourinary anatomy and physiology, urologic assessment and diagnostic procedures, and management of diverse urologic conditions. A lifespan perspective from in-utero and birth through old age is a unique aspect of the Core Curriculum. The content of the 51 chapters was planned in conjunction with an Advisory Committee of pediatric and adult urologic nursing experts, and was selected to include foundational information, as well as the urologic conditions frequently encountered by urologic practitioners. It also encompasses unique aspects of care from urologic health promotion, care of the surgical patient, and management of patients requiring urologic devices and products. A related Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates publication titled Medications Used in Urologic Nursing Practice was developed concurrently with the Core Curriculum to supplement the content. The Core Curriculum uses an outline format specifically chosen not only to aid readability, but also to provide a consistent approach. Content related to the different urologic diseases and disorders in children and adults follows a similar approach. This approach includes a definition of the condition, its epidemiology (including prevalence/incidence, risk factors, morbidity, and mortality), associated terminology, etiology and pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, screening and evaluation (including a focused history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures, and disease staging, if relevant), management (prevention, goals of management, treatment (nonpharmacological, pharmacological, and surgical, if relevant), follow up and surveillance, and nursing interventions. Special practice considerations for the APRN are identified in each chapter. Material in all chapters incorporates the use of figures and tables to facilitate understanding of key content. An evidence-based approach has been used throughout all chapters. To insure that content was up to date and relevant, we utilized a peer review process involving three or more nursing and medical reviewers, primarily urologists. This has helped to broaden the perspectives provided by authors so that content about urologic nursing practice is not specific to a particular institution or geographic region. Information has been fact-checked to ensure the content is accurate, although individual citations were not provided in the outline format. Instead, the references used were provided in a summary reference list. Clinical practice guidelines, where available, were incorporated into relevant chapters. Guidelines and best practice statements were obtained from interdisciplinary, medical, nursing, and public health societies and groups
Keywords
- genitourinary cancer,
- urethral cancer
Disciplines
Publication Date
2016
Editor
D. K. Newman, J. F. Wyman, & V. W. Welch
Publisher
Jannetti Publications, Inc.
ISBN
9781940325286
Citation Information
Jean Croce Hemphill and P. Smith. "Genitourinary Cancer: Urethral Cancer" 1stPitman, New JerseyCore Curriculum for Urologic Nursing (2016) p. 339 - 346 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jean-hemphill/3/