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Care of patients undergoing stoma formation: what the nurse needs to know

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

Rationale and key points Rationale and key points This article provides an overview of the various types of abdominal stoma and surgical procedures that result in...

Preoperative care of patients undergoing stoma formation: what the nurse needs to know

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

Rationale and key points Rationale and key points This article addresses preoperative care of patients for whom surgery to form a stoma is planned. It discusses...

Recognising how chemotherapy side effects can affect stoma care

09 March 2011

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

Patients who have a stoma can experience specific, as well as general, effects from chemotherapy treatment. This article presents a case study of a patient who has...

Breaking the taboo

01 April 2005

Nursing Standard

Reflections

Carole Stones is the first mobile nurse in the community for leading bowel cancer charity Colon Cancer Concern. She says the past five years have seen exciting...

Practical stoma care

28 June 2000

Nursing Standard

CPD

Patricia Black looks at the reasons behind and management of different types of stoma, as well as outlining some of the possible problems associated with stomas. She...

Care of patients with stomas: the pouch change procedure

17 October 2007

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article discusses basic stoma care in relation to management of the pouch change procedure in a ward-based setting immediately following planned stoma-forming...

Psychological management of stoma-related concerns

27 May 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

In this article, the author discusses how nurses can identify, prevent and treat the psychological consequences of stoma surgery for patients and their families.

An overview of surgical stoma construction and its effects on the child and their family

01 May 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

CPD

Having a stoma can be a difficult adjustment for the child or young person and his or her family. Children’s stoma nurses provide support and education to the family...

Rectal irrigation for relief of functional bowel disorders

10 November 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines the use of rectal irrigation for the symptomatic relief of functional bowel disorders in certain groups of patients. The authors undertook a...

Psychosocial implications of gastrostomy placement

01 September 2009

Paediatric Nursing

Feature

This article reviews the literature on the psychosocial implications of gastrostomy placement, and highlights key areas of concern for children and their families....

03 April 2024 / Vol 39 issue 4

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