Overview
On Understanding Continence Promotion - Effective Management of Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction in Adults is offered at Association for Continence Advice by FutureLearn you’ll examine the principles and practice of promoting continence with people who have bladder or bowel dysfunction.
Key facts:
You’ll learn how to recognise and assess the common conditions experienced. You’ll develop the skills to work with adults with different types of continence problems.
You’ll also learn how to create effective management plans to treat the condition, and explore how to minimise the impact of these stigmatising conditions.
By the end of the course you’ll understand how to effectively treat the condition, and support the person to self-manage their condition.
Programme Structure
Topics:
Paradigm and principles of continence promotion with adults
Structure and function of the bladder and bowel
Experience of common bladder and bowel conditions
Bladder and bowel assessment, dysfunction identification and management planning to provide the ‘right care’ from the outset
Effective conservative interventions and how to implement with individuals
Other treatment options for bladder and/or bowel dysfunction
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
- 3 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Public Health Health Sciences View 330 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- The course is for healthcare professionals, in particular nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. It may also be of interest to anyone experiencing bladder or bowel dysfunction.
- If you are a continence professional in the UK or Ireland, the ACA are offering free upgraded access to this course to new and existing members.
Tuition Fee
Funding
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