Restorative Nursing Bladder Training program: recommending a strategy.
This article describes a Restorative Nursing Bladder Training program, a performance improvement initiative aimed at helping patients regain bladder control by postponing voiding, and then urinating according to a specific, individualized timetable. Data were collected on 14 patients who participated in the program from April 1999 through January 2001. Eight patients achieved a 100% reduction in incontinent episodes; 1 patient documented a 90% reduction; another patient attained an 85% reduction; 3 patients showed a 50% reduction; and 1 patient showed a 30% reduction.
Glenn
Josephine
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Post Acute Rehabilitation Unit Kennedy Health System, Health Care Center at Washington, Sewell, NJ, USA. j.glenn@kennedyhealth.org
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D020127:Recovery of Function; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014039:Toilet Training; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000191:economics / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*