Learning Outcomes: After completing this chapter, you will be able to:- Describe the process of urination, from urine formation through to micturition.- Identify factors that influence urinary elimination.- Identify common causes of selected urinary problems.- Describe nursing assessment of urinary function, including subjective and objective data- Identify normal and abnormal characteristics and constituents of urine.- Develop nursing diagnoses, desired outcomes and interventions related to urinary elimination.- Delineate ways to prevent urinary tract infection.- Explain the care of persons with retention catheters or urinary diversions.
History
Parent Title
Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of nursing, volume 3
Start Page
1390
End Page
1433
Number of Pages
44
ISBN-13
9781486020041
Publisher
Pearson Australia
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Vic.
Open Access
No
External Author Affiliations
Curtin University; James Cook University; Rockhampton Hospital (Qld.); School of Nursing and Midwifery (2013- ); TBA Research Institute;