Complex Bowel Support: Elimination

Course Overview

How to safely support bowel function and elimination, including suppositories and enemas.

Why take this course?

Assisting a person with effective bowel elimination requires support, encouragement and good communication. As a Support Worker, it’s important to be across the preventative measures in a person’s Plan – high fibre diet, fluid intake and regular exercise – as well as the management strategies, including oral or non-oral laxatives, reporting and recording procedures, and knowing the signs and symptoms for when a person might need a further medical review.

This online course has been created with expert training content from Premium Health and forms part of our series of 7 High Intensity Daily Personal Activities eLearning modules.

What you’ll gain

This course provides the theoretical knowledge that underpins competence and directly addresses the High Intensity Skills Descriptors. We’ll cover:The components of the digestive system, including the anatomy and physiology of the lower intestine

• The major causes of constipation

• The signs and symptoms of constipation and how to manage it

• The strategies used to maintain regular bowel function

• The different types of oral and non-oral laxatives

• The steps for inserting a microlax enema and a suppository

• Reporting on and recording bowel function and elimination

• Reviewing a person's Support Plan for bowel elimination 

Who’s it for?

• Support Workers 

• Frontline Leaders

• Allied Health Professionals

• Anyone involved in supporting people with bowel elimination

What’s included?

• 60 minute eLearning module

• Practical diagrams, graphics and examples to show you how to apply your learnings in the real world

• Certificate of completion

• Access to refresh your knowledge at any time, as advised by the NDIS Commission.

Pathway to Competency

The NDIS Commission’s High Intensity Skills Descriptors require that these supports are delivered by a competent worker. Learners can build on the theoretical foundations of this module by completing a skills competency assessment with Premium Health to meet this requirement. Competency assessments are:

• delivered by qualified health professionals, as required by the NDIS Commission

• available Australia wide, both online and face-to-face.

• inclusive of a statement of competency for audit evidence and peace of mind 

• discounted DSC learners at $99 per person, with further group discounts available.

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