title: Information for patients having bladder augmentation.
abstract: Bladder augmentation improves quality of life, but it carries risks. Nurses are in a prime position to ensure patients give fully informed consent before surgery, as Catherine Savage explains.
authors.affiliation: Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Savage
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000601:surgery*