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Category
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Prevention and Public Health |
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Keywords
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menopausal symptom management community outreach bladder control supports, catheters, pessaries |
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Target Audience
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Urology, Urogynaecology and Female & Functional Urology, Conservative Management |
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Aims and Objectives
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Nurses have long championed access to health care for vulnerable populations. This workshop highlights strategies for promoting bladder and pelvic health in populations with continence vulnerability, including menopausal and post-partum women, marginalized communities, and adults with neurogenic bladder dysfunctions. Featured strategies include proactive conversations with menopausal women about pelvic health; imaginative outreach and continence education to marginalized groups; a standardized self-management protocol for long-term indwelling catheter users; and non-surgical treatment for post-partum women with stress urinary incontinence.
Learning Objectives - Discuss holistic treatment of menopausal women who experience a decline in pelvic floor and/or sexual function, including conservative, pharmacological and psychosexual strategies.
- Describe a program of nurse-led community outreach, education, and treatment for people who are reluctant to disclose their symptoms of urinary incontinence.
- Identify components of: a) a standardized self-management intervention for long-term urinary catheter users; and b) non-surgical treatment for post-partum women with stress urinary incontinence.
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