The Nurse Practitioner in Urology: A Manual for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Allied Healthcare Providers

by Susanne A. Quallich (Editor), Michelle J. Lajiness (Editor)

Overview

This new edition updates the previous one and adds additional content related to postoperative management, pain management, LGBTQ care,  and uroradiology. This book is designed to meet the needs of nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurses globally and physician assistants working in urology. Content assumes some background knowledge regarding the normal anatomy and physiology of the genitourinary system and the pathophysiology underlying specific urologic health-related problems. This ensures that the provider can pursue exemplary management of patients with acute and chronic urologic conditions in a wide variety of settings, including independent practices, and academic urologic practices. This manual fills the gaps that traditional curricula may have left, permitting the reader to proceed with confident management of adult patients with urologic care needs, promoting the role of a skilled clinician in urology, especially for chronic, non-operativeurologic conditions while recognizing those conditions which may benefit from surgical management.As the burden of urologic disease increases with an aging U.S. population, it is increasingly clear that nurse practitioners and physician assistants will be called on to move into roles caring for patients with urologic disease. Use of NPs and PAs to their highest education will become an increasingly important strategy for maintaining access and reducing costs, in the context of urologist workforce that is shrinking. However, urology topics receive sporadic attention in NP and PA curricula, leaving practicing NPs and PAs with gaps in their knowledge concerning trends and recommendations for management of urologic health conditions. As this demand for provider visits for urologic concerns increases, the demand for provider services to care for patients with urologic health concerns will also increase, and presents the opportunity for both NPs and PAs to move into specialty practice environments within urology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030452674
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	07/31/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Susanne A. Quallich has been working as a nurse practitioner since 1996, and has worked the Andrology Nurse Practitioner at University of Michigan since 2002. She is one of less than 200 Nurse Practitioners in the country with a specialty certification in Urology (CUNP). She has focused on raising awareness of men's sexual and reproductive health needs, and has been engaged in clinically-based research that quickly translates to improvements in their care. Her unique clinical focus in the areas of male sexual and reproductive health have made her a thought leader and expert among her peers in these areas, and she has published a variety of book chapters and journal articles on these topics. Dr. Quallich was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners due to her work in both NP education and promotion of the specialty NP role in Urology; she was awarded the Sigma Theta Tau Rho Chapter 2018 Award for Clinical Excellence.
Michelle Lajiness (Shelly) has been Masters Prepared since 1992 and has been working as a NP in Urology since 2000.  She is currently working full time at the University of Toledo and pursing her DNP. She is recognized as a speaker at both the national and local levels. She has authored many articles and chapters and has an interest in UTI’s, asymptomatic bacteria, and helping to define the role of the NP in urology.

Table of Contents

Preface.- Introduction.- 1. Transitioning pediatric urology patients to adult urology practices.- 2. Basics of hypogonadism evaluation and management.- 3.  Evaluation and management of common scrotal conditions.- 4. Erectile dysfunction and men’s sexual health.- 5. Benign prostatic hyperplasia.- 6.  Hematuria.- 7. Prostatitis and chronic male pelvic pain.- 8. Stone disease.- 9. Urethral stricture and trauma.- 10. Urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis.- 11. Basics of pre and postoperative management specific to urology patients.- 12. Neurogenic bladder and underactive bladder.- 13. Stress incontinence.- 14. Overactive bladder.- 15. Women's urology: Painful bladder syndrome and interstitial cystitis.- 16. Prostate cancer.- 17. Bladder and urothelial cancer.- 18. Kidney cancer.- 19. Penile and testicular cancers.- 20. Uroradiology for the Nurse Practitioner.- 21. Procedures for the nurse practitioner in urology.- 22. Pain management andthe urology patient.- 23. Special topics for the Urology NP.- 24. Appendix: Resources, coding resources, PSA screening, urologic emergencies.

 

 

 

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Neva L Crogan, PhD, ARNP, GNP-BC, ACHPN, FAAN (Gonzaga University)
Description: This textbook is the second edition of a book first published in 2016. The book continues to function as a resource and guide for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants caring for individuals with genitourinary (GU) issues. New to this edition are chapters covering preoperative and postoperative management, LGBTQ matters, basics of radiology, and an introduction to pain management. The book includes an overall listing of chapters and each chapter has a content list, objectives, summary, clinical pearls, and resources for the provider as well as the patient and family. It does not have an index.
Purpose: According to the authors, the purpose of the textbook is "to function as a guide giving readers direction about individual GU topics and provide the resources that will help further refine both knowledge and skills from an advanced practice perspective." These are worthy goals met by this second edition.
Audience: This textbook was written for nurse practitioners and physician assistants wanting to work in urology or already practicing in urology. The book meets the needs of its intended audience. The authors are experts in the field of urology from the perspective of advanced practice nursing. They are two nurse practitioners who boast a combined 40 years of experience in urology. The qualifications of the individual chapter contributors are not evident.
Features: This second edition includes 26 chapters that cover common urologic problems across the lifespan. Each chapter includes a table of contents, objectives, and then an in-depth discussion of each subject. A summary with available resources is included at the end of each chapter, as well as an extensive bibliography with some updated 2018 references. Most chapters use tables to present information or data. Very few figures or illustrations were found within the textbook.
Assessment: There are very few textbooks on urology for use by advanced practice nurses and physician assistants. This second edition is timely in that it includes relative topics that need to be addressed by the provider in order to stay current. The book fills a void in many NP and PA curriculums that do not cover urology to the extent presented in this textbook. As the population continues to age, additional skilled and educated providers are needed to care for this aging population with urologic complaints.

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