Nursing Interventions for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
September 6, 2010 | In: Nursing Interventions
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Nursing Interventions: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Prepare the patient for diagnostic tests and surgery as appropriate.
- Obtain a urine culture if UTI is suspected.
- Administer antibiotics as ordered for UTI, urethral procedures that involve instruments, and cystoscopy.
- If urine retention occurs, insert an indwelling catheter.
- Monitor and record the patient’s vital signs, intake, output, and daily weight.
- Watch closely for signs of postobstructive diuresis such as increased urine output and hypotension, which may lead to serious dehydration, lowered blood volume, shock, electrolyte loses, and anuria.
- Instruct the patient to follow prescribed oral antibiotics regimen and tell him the indications for using gentle laxatives.
- Urge the patient to seek medical care immediately if he can’t void, if he passes bloody urine, or if he develops a fever.
- Advise the patient that it may take several months of medical therapy before symptoms improve.
- Urge him to seek medical care immediately if he can’t void, if he passes bloody urine, or if he develops fever.