Description

Contact hours available until 6/30/2015

Requirements for Successful Completion:Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation.

Faculty, Planners and Authors Conflict of Interest Disclosure:The author, editor, and education director reported no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this continuing nursing education article.

Urologic Nursing Editorial Board Statements of DisclosureChristine Bradway, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, disclosed that she is a Consultant for Direct Supply, Inc. All other Editorial Board members, as well as the Editor, author, and Education Director, reported no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this continuing nursing education article.

Commercial Support and Sponsorship:No commercial support or sponsorship declared.

Accreditation Statement:Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center''s Commission on Accreditation.

Accreditation status does not imply endorsement by the provider or ANCC of any commercial product.

SUNA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number, CEP 5556.

Objectives:

• Define intermittent self-catheterization (ISC).
• Explain the benefits to patients when using ISC rather than long-term in dwelling catheterization.
• Discuss the role of urologic nurses when their patients choose ISC as a means of treatment.
• Identify key strategies urologic nurses can employ when teaching patients about managing their ISC.
• List resources for ISC that urologic nurses can share with their patients.