Stoma Care

ISBN-13: 9781405114073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 192 str.

Theresa Porrett; Anthony McGrath

Opis

This book is a beginner's guide to stoma care, which will enable students and newly qualified staff in hospitals and in the community to provide effective care of patients with stoma devices and ensure continuity of care. It explores the rationale for stoma formation, immediate post-operative care, the choice of the most appropriate appliance, and long term management, exploring lifestyle changes including diet, the effects of chemotherapy on stoma care and the psychological impact of stoma formation.

Recenzje

′This is an exceptionally good book for the nurse who wants to know the basics of stoma care and is set at an ideal level for any nurse— ward based or community— and the newly appointed stoma care nurse′

Gastrointestinal Nursing

′A must for every stoma care department or library.′

Gastrointestinal Nursing

Spis treści

1. Anatomy and physiology of the bowel and urinary systems.

2. Faecal and urinary stomas and the restorative surgical procedures developed to avoid stoma formation.

3. Rationale for stoma formation and common surgical procedures.

4. Stoma siting and the role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist.

5. The immediate postoperative period.

6. Choosing the right stoma appliance.

7. Accessories used in stoma care.

8. Changing a stoma appliance.

9. Discharge planning and supporting patient self–care.

10. Questions commonly asked by the patient with a newly formed stoma.

11. Understanding chemotherapy and radiotherapy for the individual with a stoma.

12. Psychological issues in stoma care.

O autorze

Theresa Porrett is a Nurse Consultant in coloproctology at The Homerton Hospital. She is former chair of the nurses′ forum of the association of coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, and past secretary of the RCN gastoenterology and stoma care forum.

Anthony McGrath is a Senior lecturer in gastroenterology and stoma care at City University.

Blurb

Stoma Care is a beginner′s guide to stoma care, which will enable students and newly qualified staff in hospitals and in the community to provide effective care of patients with stomas and ensure continuity of care. It explores the rationale for stoma formation, immediate post–operative care, the choice of the most appropriate appliance, and long term management, exploring lifestyle changes including diet, the effects of chemotherapy on stoma care and the psychological impact of stoma formation.