Description

NR 601 Week 5 (Diabetes)

ADA screening recommendations: when to screen to repeat screens based on findings

• Recommendations
• DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR DIABETES
• A1C
• Confirming the Diagnosis
• Description
• Diagnosis

Guideline recommendations to start medications

• Recommendations
• First line medication options and medication side effects
• Recommendations
• Initial Therapy
• Combination Therapy

2017 HTN guidelines recommended BP ranges for diabetic patients

• Subjective signs of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia
• Physical signs of elevated glucose you might see on exam

Week 6 (GU)

Incontinence in men and women- common causes and types of incontinence

• Causes
• Types – From Harvard Health & Guideline
• Stress incontinence
• Overactive bladder (urge incontinence)
• Overflow incontinence
• Functional incontinence
• Reflex incontinence
• Diagnoses which present as urinary difficulty in men
• *—Exact treatment varies, depending on patient and antibiotic sensitivities.

BPH: diagnosis testing, common medications (including most common side effects) and recommended follow up

• Diagnosis
• Medications
• Follow up
• Side Effects

Prostatitis signs & symptoms, assessment and treatment

• Signs & Symptoms
• CLINICAL PRESENTATION
• DIAGNOSIS
• TREATMENT
• Common causes of ED

Physical changes related to female urinary complaints and diagnoses 

• Complicated versus Uncomplicated UTI
• Early Infection.
• Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome.
• Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (see also Chapter 127)
• Symptomatic Bacteriuria (Cystitis and Pyelonephritis)

UTI: diagnosis (includes secondary testing). Be able to interpret UA dipstick findings-know the lab values asymptomatic bacteriuria- diagnosis and medical management

• Diagnosis
• Definition of asymptomatic bacteriuria
• Dipsticks
• Management

Microscopic hematuria- diagnosis and medical management

• Management

GYN

Health maintenance screening recommendations

Menopausal symptom management suggestions

• Summary of Recommendations
• Cardiovascular risk
• Venous thromboembolic events
• Breast cancer
• Tailoring MHT
• Custom-compounded hormones
• Monitoring during therapy
• Stopping considerations

Normal pelvic exam findings of the post-menopausal woman

• ATROPHIC VAGINITIS AND VAGINAL STENOSIS

Treatments for female urinary incontinence

• Atrophic vaginitis: causes and treatments (GSM)