ON DEMAND 2024 Midwest Conference - Rapid Session: Much More Than Kegels: Empowering Nurse Practitioners with Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Knowledge/ Testicular Cancer: The Down and Dirty to Encourage Testicular Self Exams

Much More Than Kegels: Empowering Nurse Practitioners with Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Knowledge: This educational initiative aims to equip nurse practitioners with comprehensive understanding of pelvic floor physical therapy, enabling them to employ simple screening techniques for appropriate and timely referrals. By fostering awareness, our goal is to mitigate unnecessary surgeries and medical interventions, thus enhancing patient outcomes. 

Testicular Cancer: The Down and Dirty to Encourage Testicular Self Exams: Testicular cancer is a rare malignancy that occurs in approximately 5% of all urological tumors [1]. Approximately nine thousand cases will be diagnosed in 2023 [2]. Most patients seek medical attention because they find a painless mass or swollen testicle. But how often are the male population checking themselves? How long after an abnormal finding is found during a self testicular exam is medical attention sought? The importance of testicular self exams has gone on the wayside given many other medical concerns in the US today. This presentation will discuss pathophysiology, epidemiology, and practice essentials to enhance the male population’s educational resources on the importance of performing testicular self exams.

Much More Than Kegels: Empowering Nurse Practitioners with Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Knowledge

1. Comprehensive Understanding of Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy: Equip nurse practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of pelvic floor physical therapy to enhance their ability to employ simple screening techniques for timely and appropriate referrals.

2. Mitigating Unnecessary Interventions: Foster awareness among nurse practitioners about the effectiveness of pelvic floor physical therapy in preventing unnecessary surgeries and medical interventions, thereby improving patient outcomes.

Testicular Cancer: The Down and Dirty to Encourage Testicular Self Exams

1. Enhancing Awareness of Testicular Self-Exams: Provide education on the importance of testicular self-exams, including techniques and frequency, to improve early detection of testicular abnormalities among the male population.

2. Understanding Testicular Cancer: Educate healthcare providers on the pathophysiology and epidemiology of testicular cancer to enhance their ability to inform and empower patients about the significance of regular self-examinations.
   
   

Learning Outcome Evaluation: Participants will state one thing they learned from the program and how they will implement it into their practice. 

The Illinois Nurses Foundation and the Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing jointly provided this program.

To earn contact hours, learners must watch the entire webinar and submit an evaluation to receive the digital certificate after the session.

There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved with the ability to control the content of this activity