Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Women

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Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Women
Research Article Critique:
Lower urinary tract symptoms in women—A common but neglected problem
Authors: Christine Bradway, Karin Coyne, Debra Irwin, Zoe Kopp
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners,
Volume 20, Number 6, June 2008, pp. 311-318(8)
State Group Practice Problem: What is the problem in practice?
The stated difficulty in Lower urinary tract symptoms in women—A common but neglected problem as it pertains directly to nursing practice is two-fold. From one perspective, women feel embarrassment in discussing the disorder, and from another perspective, health care organizations are largely unknowledgeable about the method of asking patients about their urinary tract symptoms....

.....ording to the authors, the implication directly concerns nursing organizations: “NPs should play a role in driving this response by increasing awareness of LUTS, taking the lead in examining barriers to treatment, and providing long term support to patients” (Bradway et al., 2007, p. 317).
References
ANA Professional Standards for Nursing Practice - College of Allied Health Sciences - Ferris State University. (n.d.). Retrieved September 5, 2009, from http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/colleges/alliedhe/link_desc.cfm?LinkID=45
Bradway., Christine., Coyne., Karin, S., Irwin., Debra., Kopp., & Zoe. (2008). Lower urinary tract symptoms in women: A common but neglected problem. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 20(6), 311-318.