Medical Surgical Nursing

Nursing Interventions

Encourage bed rest

Monitor VS, esp. temp for fever

Monitor I & O

Assess pain

Sitz bath – provide comfort = PROSTATITIS

Provide ice pack to scrotum to decrease swelling

Elevate or provide scrotal support

Interventions

Analgesic

Antibiotic

Procaine = anesthetic

Stool softeners

Digital massage – rectally – to release infected fluid

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

BPH is a progressive adenomatous enlargement of the prostate gland that occurs

with aging.

More than 50% of men over the age of 50 and 80% of men ≥ 80 demonstrate some

increase in the size of the prostate gland.