Competency information

Details

Treat patients in a way that respects their dignity, rights, privacy and confidentiality.

Considerations

  • The rights of the patient with regard to consent for treatment and confidentiality of consultation and medical records.
  • Requirements of patients with disabilities and special needs.
  • Key factors influencing dignity, rights, privacy and confidentiality, including age, gender, culture and beliefs.

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.