Pelvic Muscle Rehabilitation: Nursing Guidelines for Practice

Clinical experts in the field of PMR will share their experience in treatment of men and women with PFD. Information to be presented will address setting up a PMR program in your clinic, guidelines for treatment of patients with symptoms of urinary urge incontinence, stress incontinence, fecal incontinence and pelvic pain related to high tone pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, coding and billing for PMR, comprehensive treatment of patients with PFD including pelvic muscle exercises, constipation management, medication management and behavior modification and difficult cases.

Contact hours available until 10/11/2015.

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:
Planning Commitee Disclosures:
    Lee Ann Boyd, MSN, ARNO-C, CUNP / Presenter Bureau :Warner Chilcott
    Leanne Schimke, MSN, CRNP-C CUNP/ Presenter :Amgen-Xgeva, Warner Chilott

Speaker disclosures:
Julie Starr, APRN   
Employed as Clinical Instructor: Prometheus. Manufactures PMR

There are no other disclosures to declare.

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.

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

Objectives:

• Define PMR indications for treatment
• Describe and interpret PMR modalities
• Design a patient comprehensive PMR treatment plan