- NEW chapter on professional practice
- NEW chapter on incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD)
- NEW content on the fundamentals of bladder and bowel management, and advance pelvic health considerations for the APRN continence nurse
- NEW content on special populations – bariatrics, morbidly obese, patients with disabilities
- Written by nursing experts – authorized by the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society™ (WOCN®)
- Fully illustrated, easy-to-follow format – breaks down pathology, physiology and patient management topics into easy-to-remember terms
- In-depth discussion of normal bowel function – followed by chapters on motility disorders, and pediatric fecal incontinence and bowel dysfunction
- Evidence-based guidelines for continence care, including:
- Nursing management fundamentals
- Primary and advanced assessments of patients with urinary incontinence and voiding dysfunction
- Overactive bladder/urgency urinary incontinence (UI) – pathology, presentation, diagnosis and management
- Lower urinary tract symptoms in men
- Advanced pelvic health for women – chronic pelvic pain syndromes, pelvic organ prolapse and vesicovaginal fistula
- Pathology, assessment and management of UI and lower urinary tract symptoms in the older adult
- Appropriate use of containment devices, absorbent products and adaptive aides
- Urinary tract infection (UTI) prevention and management in adults
Your purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook. The eBook includes powerful search tools, the ability to annotatecontent, videos, and additional resources. It can be downloaded to three devices, and easily converted to an audiobook.About the Editors JoAnn Ermer-Seltun, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP-BC, CWOCN, CFCN is a WOC Nurse Clinician at MercyOne North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa. She is President, Co-Director and Faculty at WEB WOC Nursing Education Programs in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has in-depth knowledge of the information needed by WOC nursing students. She has a number of publications and presentations in the area of WOC nursing. Sandra Engberg, PhD, CRNP, FAAN is a Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Clinical Education in the School of Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Continence Section Editor of the Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (JWOCN®). She is a member of the Nursing Committee of the International Continence Society and Director of the School of Nursing, part of the ICS Institute. She has conducted several randomized controlled trials focusing on interventions for urinary incontinence in older adults and women.
