Description
Develop essential skills for enhancing male reproductive health, ensuring accurate assessment and patient-focused treatment
Clinical Skills and the Male Reproductive System delivers a structured approach to understanding and mastering the clinical assessment and procedural skills that are essential for delivering safe, effective and compassionate care for patients with conditions affecting the male reproductive system.
Part of Peate’s Clinical Skills, a 12-book series that combines knowledge of human anatomy and physiology with practical, confident clinical skills, this volume is organised into chapters covering how to engage with patients, assessing the male reproductive system, health promotion, planning care for prostate cancer, vital signs, examination of the prostate gland, STI screening, and specimen collection.
Clinical Skills and the Male Reproductive System equips readers with:
- Clear explanations of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology relevant to the male reproductive system
- Step-by-step guidance on assessment, examination, and procedural techniques, emphasising best practice and patient safety
- Insights on interpreting findings, recognising abnormalities, and applying knowledge to guide care decisions
- Guidance on teamwork, infection prevention and control, documentation, and patient-centred care throughout clinical practice
- Strategies to explain diagnoses, treatment plans, and care procedures to patients and families, while offering emotional support
Clinical Skills and the Male Reproductive System is an essential resource for all healthcare and social care students—including those returning to practice and newly qualified practitioners—who manage patients with male reproductive conditions and seek practical ways to deliver a higher standard of care.
Table of Contents
Preface iviii
Acknowledgements iixi
1 The Anatomy and Physiology of the Male Reproductive System 1
2 Engaging with Patients and Assessing the Male Reproductive System 22
3 Health Promotion 48
4 Planning Care: Prostate Cancer 66
5 Vital Signs 90
6 Examination of the Prostate Gland 113
7 Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening 134
8 Specimen Collection 154
MCQ Answers 176
Index 177
