This preconference workshop covers basic principles of urodynamics. Using International Continence Society standards, participants will learn to identify and interpret components of urodynamic testing including: detrusor (bladder) filling, compliance, capacity, sensation and stability, and bladder emptying (electromyography/sphincteric function).
Contact hours available until 3/16/2016.
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:
Speaker has no 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: - Identify different types of urodynamic equipment available and ways to set-up for the procedure.
- Discuss patient preparation.
- Describe important parameters to consider: patient positioning, pressure relationships, zeroing and artifact.