True... it IS beyond our scope. BUT, when I call a doctor and say, “Doc, looks like a UTI. NKDA.” And I get told, “Start Cipro 500 BID x 7D. Oh, and Get a UA C/S when you can.”
It doesn’t take 7 years of school plus residency to know that malodorous, cloudy urine is likely a UTI. Nor does it take long to know what most Doc order for it.
The “does not diagnose” is a legal matter. Practically, we all diagnose every day, and our dx in not likely to differ much from yours.
There are nurses whom I trust to that level. I don’t disagree. This is a long way from a typical UTI. You see no fallacy and no problem with what this nurse has said? Be honest