The Registered Nurse in the department of surgical specialties/urology is accountable for the delivery of culturally sensitive, age specific direct patient care, including, but not limited to, direct patient care of patients with complex urologic conditions, direct patient care for the adult and pediatric urology population during procedures in a fast-paced specialty clinic environment, direct patient care for patients scheduled for procedures on the nurse clinic grid, performance of urodynamic studies on adult and pediatric urology patients, telephone triage, pre-operative and post-operative teaching, counseling and obtaining informed consent for a variety of urology surgical procedures, collaboration with other health team members and associated resource person to ensure continuity of care across all care environments, assistance in the development and implementation of competencies, protocols and patient education tools to improve patient care, and other duties assigned. The Registered Nurse in the adult urology clinic supports professional nursing practice across practice settings and across the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family; assesses the needs of the patients; plans, implements, and evaluates patient care; and teaches patients, families, orients colleagues and peers.