Urinary System

As nursing assistants, your responsibility of taking care of your patients/residents will incorporate many body systems. This part of learning is just to understand the basics and be observant to any changes in your patient or residents’ health. Reporting any changes to your team leaders so that your patients will get the proper care to maintain health and well-being. The genitourinary system includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra and the associated organ, the prostate gland. Your kidneys are vital organs that perform essential functions by filtering waste and excess fluid from the blood where urine is produced as a byproduct. They [...]