Teaching strategies for assessing and managing urinary incontinence in older adults.
Urinary incontinence is common and affects many aspects of older adults' lives; therefore, it is essential that nursing faculty include this content in classroom and clinical teaching situations. This article describes innovative strategies for teaching upper-level nursing students (e.g., junior and senior undergraduates) about urinary incontinence in older adults, specifically, the relevant anatomy and physiology of continence and associated pathophysiology of urinary incontinence, risk factors and consequences, definitions and types, and effective nursing assessment and management strategies.
Bradway
Christine
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University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6096, USA. cwb@nursing.upenn.edu
Cacchione
Pamela
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D000368:Aged; D020375:Education, Distance; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy