The State of the Science on Urinary Incontinence

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Found that this issue of AJN is dedicated to Bladder Health:

AJN, American Journal of Nursing

March 2003

Volume 103 Number 3

Pages 45 - 49

The State of the Science on Urinary Incontinence

The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing; the Penn Center for Continence and Pelvic Health, Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center; and AJN, in collaboration with the Center for Professional Development, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, held an invitational symposium in Philadelphia on July 12 and 13, 2002, to develop research priorities and clinical care and policy recommendations addressing the state of the art and science of continence promotion and the prevention, assessment, treatment, and management of urinary incontinence (UI) in adults, especially in vulnerable groups such as the elderly.

Free Full article:

http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=406231

Report from Philadelphia

A Call to Action on UI

How nurses can promote urinary continence. http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=406234

Bladder Matters: Changing UI Practice

http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=406236

AJN CEU's available (for fee,most 6.5 contact hrs) include :

Behavioral Interventions in Young and Middle-Age Women

Discussion and Recommendations: Overcoming Barriers to Nursing Care of People with Urinary Incontinence

Gender, Race, and Culture in Research on

Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Men and Older Women

Urinary Incontinence in the Frail Elderly

http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/journalissue.asp?Journal_ID=54030&Issue_ID=404348

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Quote from the article:

"Advocate the right to continence, toileting, and access to toilet facilities. "

Thanks for posting these articles. "Forced incontinence" in LTC has been an area of concern for me since nursing school.