Competency information
Details
Take appropriate action to respond to the specific needs of the patient, as defined by department protocol for each type of investigation.
Considerations
- Recognition of the contraindications to testing prior to the test, as defined by department protocol.
- The range of needs of people with disabilities within a typical care pathway for a patient with diseases affecting the lower urinary tract system.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform safe urethral catheterisation. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform safe insertion of rectal catheters. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform flowmetry, residual urine assessment by ultrasound, and filling and voiding cystometry in patients presenting with a range of conditions, for example urinary retention, urgency and stress incontinence. |