Description
By the end of the course, candidates will be able to:
- Discuss legal and professional responsibilities associated with performing stoma care with local and national guidance
- Follow procedures for gaining consent and correct documentation
- Describe relevant anatomy
- Explain the different types of stoma and their indications
- Understand the need to manage health and safety risk
- Identify and discuss the range of available equipment
- Describe the different aspects of daily stoma care routines
- Outline the importance of effective communication and understand the need for sensitivity and reassurance
- Explain the need for correctly following procedures to minimise the risk of infection
- Recognise any problems and know what action to take
Course Content
- Legal and professional considerations and responsibilities
- Consent for care and treatment
- What is a stoma
- Facts about stomas
- Anatomy and physiology of the digestive and urinary systems
- Types of stomas – colostomy, ileostomy, urostomy
- Patient concerns
- Stoma appliances
- Infection prevention and control
- Draining and changing a stoma bag
- Skin irritation
- Dealing with odour
- Documentation
- Stigma in society
- Dietary issues
- Patient support
