Ateneo - UPO

Identification of health care needs of the person suffering from urological conditions -

Genito-urinary tract anatomy - Approach to a urological patients: family and

physiological history, remote and current history, medications - Urological clinical

semiotics: general objective examination, signs and symptoms related to main

urological conditions - Laboratory and instrumental exams: renal function test,

urinalysis, urine culture, urodynamics, radiological examinations, endoscopic

examinations - Urological disposables: wire, vesical catheter, ureteral stent, ureteral

catheter, nephrostomy tube - Prostate cancer: clinical features, diagnosis and

treatment - Radical prostatectomy: indications and management with specific focus on

aspects of interest for a nurse - Urothelial cancer: clinical features, diagnosis and

treatment - Endoscopic procedures of the bladder (TURB): indications and

management with specific focus on aspects of interest for a nurse - Radical

cystectomy: indications and types of urinary diversions with specific focus on aspects

of interest for a nurse - Kidney cancer: clinical features, diagnosis and treatment -

Partial and radicalnephrectomy: indications and management with specific focus on

aspects of interest for a nurse - Urinary stones: clinical features, diagnosis and

management with specific focus on aspects of interest for a nurse - Benign prostatic

hyperplasia: clinical features, diagnosis and treatment - Endoscopic procedures of the

prostate (TURP): indications and management with specific focus on aspects of

interest for a nurse - Urinary tract infections of the male genital tract: clinical features,

diagnosis and hints of therapy, with specific focus on aspects of interest for a nurse -

Robotic surgery in urology, with specific focus on aspects of interest for a nurse

The student, upon completion of the Integrated Course, will be able to: - Identify

and describe signs and symptoms referable to a urological condition, biological

specimen and instrumental investigations in support of the patient's clinic -

Correlate signs and symptoms to specific pathologies, developing skills aimed at

identifying actual and potential complications - Infer the clinical situation with

decision-making in response to the patient's need for nursing care, referred to

different clinical manifestations

To access the exam: Sufficiency in morphological sciences and physiological sciences,

minimum number of hours required by current regulations

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