Bionursing: assessment of stress incontinence.
The fifth article in our series on bionursing uses a case study based on fact, with personal details altered to maintain confidentiality, to illustrate the importance of biological theories underpinning nursing care. The authors describe how perceptions of the ageing process can cloud nurses' judgement. They emphasise the need for staff to include physiological factors in their assessment of patients.
D003371:Cough / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing