NURS 6541 Week 8: Evaluation and Management of Renal and Genitourinary Conditions

As a nurse or as an individual, you may have topics that are easier to discuss than others. From your perspective, there may be body systems easier to examine and explain with pediatric patients and families than others. Much may depend on a patient’s age and the dynamic between family members. For older children and adolescents, talk of difficulty with urination, for males and females, can be awkward and getting necessary details to aid evaluation and diagnosis may take particular sensitivity and finesse.

Renal and genitourinary (GU) conditions can vary from easily treatable infections to more serious concerns with kidney function and the capacity of the genitourinary system to do its work of supporting metabolism and expelling toxins. Renal or GU issues can also cause hypertension in children, signaling trouble and compounding it too. Primary care providers are often the first to assess and diagnose renal and GU disorders that necessitate further attention.

In addition to GU conditions, the text reading also covers gynecologic disorders that may present in girls and young women among your primary care patients. Early or late onset of menstruation, vaginal infections, and sexually transmitted diseases may require delicate discussions with younger and older adolescents, to offer instruction and guidance.

This week your Learning Resources and i-Human Case Study Assignment address renal and GU conditions. Consider how to frame questions to gather health histories and clear understanding of symptoms, and how to explain treatment and management plans with clarity while easing potential embarrassment. Use the avatar patient and family to focus on both identifying conditions and building rapport.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Assess pediatric patients with signs of renal and genitourinary conditions

Evaluate health conditions of pediatric patients

Formulate differential diagnoses for pediatric renal and genitourinary conditions

Analyze socio-cultural needs of pediatric patients and families

Formulate evidence-based treatment and management plans for pediatric patients with renal and genitourinary conditions

Recommend evidence-based strategies for educating patients and families on treatment and management of renal and genitourinary conditions

Learning Resources

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