Restorative Nursing: Bowel and Bladder for the CNA
Hours: 1.00
Urinary and bowel incontinence is a serious problem that affects the physical and mental health of many residents. It is a treatable symptom of an underlying condition. The appropriate management of incontinence results in a reduction of incontinent episodes to complete continence. Unfortunately, many residents are not adequately assessed and treated for urinary and bowel incontinence, which leads to a decrease in a resident’s quality of life.
To improve residents’ quality of life and well-being, it is important for you to understand your role in tracking bowel and bladder incontinence related to restorative nursing care. In this course, you will learn factors that affect the bowel and bladder, the assessment process used to determine appropriate bowel and bladder programs, and the benefits of an effective program. Finally, you will learn how to follow a restorative bowel and bladder program to manage or reduce incontinence.
The goal of this course is to provide direct care workers in post-acute care settings with an overview of bowel and bladder restorative nursing programs.
Urinary and bowel incontinence is a serious problem that affects the physical and mental health of many residents. It is a treatable symptom of an underlying condition. The appropriate management of incontinence results in a reduction of incontinent episodes to complete continence. Unfortunately, many residents are not adequately assessed and treated for urinary and bowel incontinence, which leads to a decrease in a resident’s quality of life. To improve residents’ quality of life and well-being, it is important for you to understand your role in tracking bowel and bladder incontinence related to restorative nursing care. In this course, you will learn factors that affect the bowel and bladder, the assessment process used to determine appropriate bowel and bladder programs, and the benefits of an effective program. Finally, you will learn how to follow a restorative bowel and bladder program to manage or reduce incontinence. The goal of this course is to provide direct care workers in post-acute care settings with an overview of bowel and bladder restorative nursing programs.
Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants
This is not an accredited course for professional license renewal. Florida CNAs may use this inservice toward meeting their annual inservice requirement.
This activity is approved for 1.0000 contact hours.
Describe how bowel and bladder restorative nursing programs benefit residents.
Identify two types of bowel and bladder restorative nursing programs.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: The Aging Bowel and Bladder
The Aging Bowel and Bladder
Aging
What Is Normal?
Overview of Restorative Bowel and Bladder Programs
Regulatory Oversight
Your Role in Maintaining Dignity and Respect
Review
Summary
Section 3: Assessment
Assessment
Your Role During the Assessment Period
Fact or Fiction
A Note About Caffeine
Data and the Plan
Review
Summary
Section 4: Bowel and Bladder Programs
Identifying and Removing Barriers
Using the Information to Create a Program
Incontinence Management
Fact or Fiction
Components of Incontinence Management Programs
Fact or Fiction
Bladder Retraining
Resisting the Urge
Kegel Exercises
Special Treatments
Catheters
Bowel Management
Constipation
Fiber and Fluids
Bowel Program
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resource
References
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Expert Reviewer: Jessica Peckham, RN-BC, CCM
Ms. Peckham has over 11 years’ experience as Board Certified RN and is a Certified Case Manager providing patient-centered advocacy and care. Her nursing and case management expertise have been used in the critical care, ambulatory care, community health, long-term care, case management, and clinical program development settings. She has worked as a clinical manager and implemented quality improvement research programs improving the continuity of care of patients and families managing complex, chronic conditions. She was integral in the coordination of a population health program supported by CMS’ Next Generation ACO which included highly complex Medicare patients transitioning from hospital to LTC and back home when able. In addition, she has worked supporting the health of migrant farmworkers and refugees throughout North Carolina and created professional development training for improved care and health equity for the LGBTQ and other underserved populations.
Ms. Peckham is currently working as a nurse consultant for a clinical care management software company and provides ongoing subject matter expertise to Relias and other clinical training and development organizations. Ms. Peckham was recently published in the Tarheel Nurse journal and continues to write in support of the nursing profession. She is completing her MSN in Population Health and Informatics and spends her free time volunteering with the Red Cross as a Disaster Health Services RN and has been deployed throughout the United States.
Disclosure: Jessica Peckham, RN-BC, CCM has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
The target audience for this course is: Direct Care Workers; in the following settings: Post-Acute Care.
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