This comprehensive text provides complete details on caring for patients with urologic disorders in any setting: acute adult or pediatric care, long-term care, outpatient, and home care settings. Inside you'll find balanced coverage of urologic conditions affecting infants, children, adults and the elderly along with practical information on assessment, diagnostic procedures and pharmacology specifically aimed at advanced practice urologic nurses. It is also a valuable reference for Wound, Ostomy, and Continence (WOC) nurses and enterostomal therapists because of its emphasis on urologic cancers and the continent and incontinent urinary diversions frequently used to treat specific urologic cancers. Detailed chapters on urinary incontinence will also be appealing to neurologic nurses, continence advisers and physical therapists. Provides balanced coverage of urologic conditions affecting infants, children, adults and the elderly. Features atlases of genitourinary embryology, anatomy and physiology with useful illustrations and clear, accessible explanations of complex concepts. Offers multiple symptom assessment tools in the assessment chapter. Provides a diagnostic test review including information on interpreting results to identify individual disorders. Presents practical information on assessment, diagnostic procedures, and pharmacology specifically for urologic nurses, including expert and advanced practice nurses. \Features detailed chapters on urinary incontinence, urologic cancers, and the continent and incontinent urinary diversions frequently used to treat specific cancers.

Embryology and congenital defects of the urinary system -- Atlas of genitourinary anatomy and physiology -- Signs and symptoms in the urologic patient : basic principles of screening and assessment -- Diagnostic procedures -- Urinary tract infections -- Urinary incontinence -- Obstructive uropathy -- Genitourinary cancer -- Sexual and reproductive dysfunction -- Genitourinary trauma -- Surgical procedures -- Congenital anomalies of the genitourinary system -- Multisystem anomalies : spinal dysraphisms, prune-belly syndrome, sacral agenesis, imperforate anus -- Urinary tract infections and vesicoureteral reflux -- Dysfunctional voiding -- Primary nocturnal enuresis -- Pediatric oncology -- Surgical procedures.