The Nurse Practitioner in Urology

1. Front Matter

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2. Transitioning Pediatric Urology Patients (and Their Families) to Adult Urology Care

   • MiChelle McGarry

   Pages 1-14

3. Testosterone Deficiency Evaluation, Management, and Treatment Considerations

   • Kenneth A. Mitchell

   Pages 15-36

4. Evaluation and Management of Common Scrotal Conditions

   • Katherine Marchese

   Pages 37-84

5. Erectile Dysfunction: Identification, Assessment, Treatment, and Follow-Up

   • Penny Kaye Jensen, Jeffrey A. Albaugh

   Pages 85-118

6. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

   • Gina M. Powley, Gail M. Briolat

   Pages 119-131

7. Hematuria

   • Rebecca Thorne, Michelle J. Lajiness, Susanne A. Quallich

   Pages 133-140

8. Orchialgia and Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes in Men

   • Susanne A. Quallich

   Pages 141-158

9. Kidney Stones

   • Marc M. Crisenbery, Suzanne T. Parsell

   Pages 159-169

10. Idiopathic and Traumatic Male Urethral Strictures

    • Yooni Yi, Silvia S. Maxwell, Richard A. Santucci

    Pages 171-181

11. Genitourinary Trauma

    • Anna Faris, Yooni Yi

    Pages 183-200

12. Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infections, Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Pyelonephritis

    • Michelle J. Lajiness, Laura J. Hintz

    Pages 201-220

13. Basics of Pre and Postoperative Management Specific to Urology Patients

    • Tasha M. O. Carpenter, Marc M. Crisenbery, Michelle J. Lajiness

    Pages 221-249

14. Neurogenic Bladder/Underactive Bladder

    • Michelle J. Lajiness

    Pages 251-270

15. Stress Incontinence

    • Natalie Gaines, John E. Lavin, Jason P. Gilleran

    Pages 271-285

16. Overactive Bladder

    • Jennifer L. Mosher, Leslie Saltzstein Wooldridge

    Pages 287-307

17. Problems in Female Urology: Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome, Pelvic Floor Disorders, and Pelvic Organ Prolapse

    • Giulia I. Lane, Lindsey Cox

    Pages 309-343

18. Diagnosis and Management of Localized Prostate Cancer

    • Brett Watson, Pamela Jones, Jason Hafron

    Pages 345-359

19. Bladder and Urothelial Cancer

    • Anne Lizardi-Calvaresi, Staci Mitchell, Julie Derossett

    Pages 361-382

20. Kidney Cancer

    • Brian Odom, Luke Edwards, Jason Hafron

    Pages 383-395

This new edition updates the previous one and adds additional content related to postoperative management, pain management, LGBTQ care,  and uroradiology. This book is designed to meet the needs of nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurses globally and physician assistants working in urology. Content assumes some background knowledge regarding the normal anatomy and physiology of the genitourinary system and the pathophysiology underlying specific urologic health-related problems. This ensures that the provider can pursue exemplary management of patients with acute and chronic urologic conditions in a wide variety of settings, including independent practices, and academic urologic practices. 
This manual fills the gaps that traditional curricula may have left, permitting the reader to proceed with confident management of adult patients with urologic care needs, promoting the role of a skilled clinician in urology, especially for chronic, non-operativeurologic conditions while recognizing those conditions which may benefit from surgical management.
As the burden of urologic disease increases with an aging U.S. population, it is increasingly clear that nurse practitioners and physician assistants will be called on to move into roles caring for patients with urologic disease. Use of NPs and PAs to their highest education will become an increasingly important strategy for maintaining access and reducing costs, in the context of urologist workforce that is shrinking. However, urology topics receive sporadic attention in NP and PA curricula, leaving practicing NPs and PAs with gaps in their knowledge concerning trends and recommendations for management of urologic health conditions. As this demand for provider visits for urologic concerns increases, the demand for provider services to care for patients with urologic health concerns will also increase, and presents the opportunity for both NPs and PAs to move into specialty practice environments within urology.

• Urogynecology
• Pelvic Floor Disorders
• Pain Management
• Hematuria
• Men's Health
• Urinary Tract Infection
• Transitioning Pediatric Patients
• Transitioning pediatric patients
• Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

• Department of Urology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

  Susanne A. Quallich

• Department of Urology, University of Toledo Physicians Group, University of Toledo, Toledo, USA

  Michelle J. Lajiness

Susanne A. Quallich has been working as a nurse practitioner since 1996, and has worked the Andrology Nurse Practitioner at University of Michigan since 2002. She is one of less than 200 Nurse Practitioners in the country with a specialty certification in Urology (CUNP). She has focused on raising awareness of men's sexual and reproductive health needs, and has been engaged in clinically-based research that quickly translates to improvements in their care. Her unique clinical focus in the areas of male sexual and reproductive health have made her a thought leader and expert among her peers in these areas, and she has published a variety of book chapters and journal articles on these topics. Dr. Quallich was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners due to her work in both NP education and promotion of the specialty NP role in Urology; she was awarded the Sigma Theta Tau Rho Chapter 2018 Award for Clinical Excellence.


Michelle Lajiness (Shelly) has been Masters Prepared since 1992 and has been working as a NP in Urology since 2000.  She is currently working full time at the University of Toledo and pursing her DNP. She is recognized as a speaker at both the national and local levels. She has authored many articles and chapters and has an interest in UTI’s, asymptomatic bacteria, and helping to define the role of the NP in urology.

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