WOCN Society Core Curriculum: Continence Management8721

This volume in the new Core Curriculum series from the WOCN Society covers Continence Management, and is the crucial text for nurses practicing or studying fecal and urinary continence care. It offers pathology and physiology basics in easy-to-grasp terms, while providing expert guidance on patient management. The perfect study guide for the wound, ostomy and continence (WOC) certification exams, it also provides step-by-step direction on essential nursing procedures.

Let this evidence-based guide lead you through all of the vital nursing topics

• Official guide for students in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Education Programs
• Easy-to-follow format offers you easy-to-remember definitions for vital topics, including:
• Overview of urinary incontinence and voiding dysfunction
• Physiology of normal defecation and voiding
  Motility disorders, fecal incontinence, and bowel dysfunction in pediatric patients
• Step-by-step instruction leads you through care planning and delivery, including management of voiding dysfunction and urinary incontinence in both men and women
• End-of-chapter Q&As help you remember all vital points
• Clinical pearls highlight important takeaways
• Numerous full-color photos, diagrams, and tables aid understanding of vital topics
• Practical directions cover:
• Assessment of UI and lower urinary tract symptoms
• Appropriate use of containment devices, absorbent products, and indwelling catheters
• Basic and advanced assessments of patients with urinary incontinence and voiding dysfunction
• Overactive bladder/urgency UI and fecal incontinence - pathology, presentation, diagnosis, and management
• Assessment and management of the neurogenic bladder
• Caring for older patients
• Each chapter includes:
• Learning objectives
• Topic outline
• Clinical pearls throughout
• Multiple choice review questions at the end
• Essential for nursing students in continence care programs; nurses caring involved in continence care; nurses in gastroenterology, urology, and surgical nursing; graduate nursing students; those seeking WOC certification or recertification; and nursing faculty.