Stoma care- Half day course

Provide staff with an understanding structure and functions of the gastrointestinal system and the reasons for the use of stoma’s.

Provide staff with the knowledge and skills required to deliver safe care and support for a client with a stoma.

On completion of the course the learner should

• What is a stoma?
• Indications for use of a stoma
• Anatomy and physiology of the bowel
• Types of stomas’
• Equipment’s used for managing a stoma
• Care procedures for management of a stoma
• care considerations
• Importance of documentations and communication in stoma care