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Specializes in nursing ethics.

Are nurse practitioners in urology qualified to do check up procedures for patients who had bladder cancer and/or kidney stone operations (but are clear of that since)?  Physicians do cystocomies, but am curious if female NPs also do with men?  They don't answer their phones and I'd like your understanding on this.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Just a question to clarify: are you asking if NPs do urological invasive procedures like cystoscopies?

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Specializes in nursing ethics.

Yes, that is the question. Are they trained and do cystotomy? Or does it depend on the NP

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Cystotomy is a surgical procedure to drain urine directly from the bladder to an outside bag. Cystoscopy is the introduction of a cystoscope into the urethral opening to view the bladder. So...apologize but I'm still not sure what exactly you are asking?  An NP would NOT do a cystotomy but MIGHT do a cystoscopy

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