Medical Surgical Nursing

•Continuous irrigation = reduce or prevent clot formation = clogs urethra =

urinary retention = kidney damage

•Monitor I & O

•3-way f/c

•Monitor for distention -bladder

2. PROSTATECTOMY

A. Perineal prostectomy – incision through perineum

B. Suprapubic resection – lower abdomen – incision through the bladder –

urethrotomy

C. Retropubic – lower abdomen – does not go through the bladder

Pharmacological Treatment

Alpha blockers – relax the smooth muscles along urinary tract

Narcotic analgesic – relieve post-op pain –Morphine, Codeine

Nursing Interventions

Increased fluids – monitor I & O

Maintain gravity drainage of F/C