Complex Bowel Support: Elimination

Course Overview

A 60 minute eLearning module to build your confidence in safely supporting people with bowel elimination, including the administration of 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 60 minute eLearning covers the essential knowledge and theory to support people to normalise their bowel function and elimination. We’ll focus on how to confidently administer suppositories and enemas in a safe and respectful way.

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

We’ll dive into:

• 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

Note: This course does not cover the practical assessment of skills required to provide support. Premium Health offers practical skills competency assessment workshops anywhere in Australia.