Continence: Spinal Injured Bowel Care
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Author: L Kelly
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Level: Advanced
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Study time: 32 mins
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Lesson series
Bowel care is critical for people with spinal cord injuries to prevent discomfort, accidents, and serious health risks. This course covers reflex and flaccid bowel dysfunction, methods for bowel evacuation, and how to support individual needs. Learn safe techniques like digital stimulation, manual removal, and suppository use, plus how diet, fluids, and positioning affect bowel health. Essential training for caregivers and healthcare professionals.
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Video time: 32 mins
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Quiz: 1
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Assessment: 1
Why is this course important?
People with spinal cord injuries need consistent, well-managed bowel care to prevent complications like constipation, accidents, and dysreflexia. This course covers the two main types of bowel dysfunction, how to assist with bowel evacuation, and best practices for supporting individual needs. Learn the role of diet, fluids, privacy, and routine in maintaining healthy bowel function. Proper care ensures comfort, dignity, and improved quality of life for those affected.
Meet the instructor
Leigh Kelly
Leigh Kelly is a New Zealand Registered Nurse who has been working with the elderly and disabled since 1974. Her ADN focused on young physically disabled.
She has been a Charge Nurse at Kenepuru and Greenlane Hospitals Continuing Care Wards, owned her own dementia specific rest home and worked and managed rest homes.
She also has vast experience as a RN in continuing care facilities.
Patrick Jones - Course author
