Ostomy Nursing: Assessment, Skin Protection and Self-Care

Course Purpose

4 contact hours nursing continuing education course: Ostomy Nursing: Assessment, Skin Protection and Self-Care.

Continuing Education Credit Designation

This educational activity is credited for 4 contact hours at completion of the activity.

Overview

4 contact hours nursing continuing education course: Ostomy Nursing: Assessment, Skin Protection and Self-Care.

Objectives

Upon completion of this independent study, the learner will be able to:

1. Define a stoma and a colostomy as the retrieved review defines them, and state why the review calls colostomy care mandatory after creation.
2. State the purpose of colostomy care given by the retrieved review and name its three stated aims.
3. Distinguish a colostomy from an ileostomy by site, output consistency and the reason the output differs.
4. State the reported daily output range of an ileostomy and explain why that figure matters for fluid balance.
5. Describe the appearance of a healthy stoma as the retrieved review describes it, and state what any deviation requires.
6. Describe how peristomal skin is cleaned and prepared according to the retrieved review, including what is not used.
7. State the reported appliance change interval and the one-third emptying rule, and explain the reason given for each.
8. Name the appliance systems the retrieved review describes and the trade-offs it reports for each.
9. State when the retrieved review says a colostomy generally becomes functional after surgery.
10. Explain why preoperative stoma siting is described as preventing later leakage, and name the features a site avoids.
11. List the procedure-specific stoma complications reported by the retrieved ileostomy review and state the reported overall complication rate.
12. State the reported proportion of patients with ostomies who develop a parastomal hernia and the reported risk order by stoma type.
13. Explain how dehydration develops from high stoma output and name the complications the retrieved dehydration review reports.
14. State the retrieved lower limit of normal serum potassium and the reported severity bands for hypokalaemia.
15. Explain, using the retrieved short bowel review, why the last 100 centimetres of ileum matter and what its loss affects.
16. State the retrieved definition of short bowel syndrome in adults and the normal small bowel length it is measured against.
17. Name the diseases that most often lead to a stoma and state what the retrieved reviews say about surgery in each.
18. Explain why a stoma that stops working, with pain and distension, is treated as an obstruction question rather than an appliance question.
19. Describe the teach-back method as the retrieved toolkit describes it, and state what it is checking.
20. Explain why the retrieved review calls the patient the most important person in colostomy care, and what that means for discharge teaching.
21. State the psychological findings the retrieved review reports as common after colostomy and what it says is needed.
22. Identify the boundary between nursing assessment and escalation, and the decisions this course does not make.

Who this course is for:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, registered nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and other healthcare providers in any setting who want continuing education on Ostomy Nursing: Assessment, Skin Protection and Self-Care.

Course outline

12 sections · finish in any order across devices

1. 1

   Course overview and learning objectives

2. 2

   Introduction

3. 3

   What a stoma is, and why care of it is not optional

4. 4

   Why the stoma was made: the diseases behind the operation

5. 5

   Assessing the stoma and managing the appliance

6. 6

   Peristomal skin: keeping the seal and the surface intact

7. 7

   Output, fluid balance and the potassium question

8. 8

   When absorption is lost: short bowel and the terminal ileum

9. 9

   Complications: what to escalate and how fast

10. 10

    Teaching self-care, and the person who will do it

11. 11

    Nursing Considerations

12. 12

    Conclusion

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