Advanced Bladder Management
Contact Hours: 1
Cost: $10.00
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The Advanced Bladder Management course includes essential information for nurses that work in various health care environments, including long term care, home health and acute care. Along with teaching procedures associated with indwelling urinary catheters, this course also contains information about urinalysis, urine cultures, preventing urinary tract infection, and treatment of catheter associated UTI.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
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State at least 3 symptoms of urinary tract infection.
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List 3 items to include in documentation following indwelling urinary catheter irrigation.
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Identify the most effective way to prevent catheter associated urinary tract infection.
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Suprapubic Catheters
Chapter 2: Suprapubic Catheters – Initial Tube Change
Chapter 3: Suprapubic Catheters – Subsequent Changes
Chapter 4: Foley Catheters - Intermittent Irrigation
Chapter 5: Foley Catheters - Continuous Bladder Irrigation
Chapter 6: Condom (Texas) Catheters
Chapter 7: Intermittent (“In-and-Out”) Self-Catheterization
Chapter 8: Risk Factors Associated with Indwelling Urinary Catheters
Chapter 9: Symptoms of UTI, Interpreting Urinalysis and Urine Culture
Chapter 10: References