Title: Apply the nursing process for a client with a disorder of the urinary system.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Applying the Nursing Process to the Adult Client

Application should include

- identifying factors in the prevention of urinary system disorders
- describing steps in nursing assessment
- nursing management in diagnostic tests
- using skills involved with related procedures
- using nursing management of selected disorders
- describing diagnoses and plan of care
- identifying pharmacological management and dietary plan
- providing educational guidelines.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What practices are related to the prevention of urinary system disorders?
- How would one describe, use, and apply nursing assessment skills in the care of the client who has a urinary system disorder, including assisting with specimen collection and reporting abnormal findings?
- How would one explain the nursing management of the client who is to undergo selected diagnostic tests and/or procedures related to the urinary system, including assisting with client preparation?
- What are nursing diagnoses related to the urinary system disorders?
- What steps would one take to develop, implement, and evaluate (as clinical experience allows) a nursing plan of care to meet the needs of the client?
- How would one explain the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, nursing management and treatment modalities related to urinary system disorders (e.g., renal calculi, urinary tract infections, renal failure, and benign prostatic hyperplasia)?
- How would one explain the use of select pharmacologic agents in the care of the client with a urinary system disorder (e.g., analgesics, antibiotics, antispasmodics, electrolytes, diuretics)?
- How would one incorporate principles of good nutrition as they relate to the client with a urinary disorder, including client education regarding special or modified diets?
- How would one apply teaching and learning principles in client education in regard to the care of the urinary system?