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:
Melissa Morrison-Jacobus, RN, CURN
Consultant/Presenter Bureau: Labore Medical, Ashlar Medical
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: - Describe the process of performing voiding pressure flow studies.
- Identify how to perform uroflow testing.
- Describe the process of performing pelvic floor electromyography.
- Identify diagnostic uses of electromyography.