Complex Bowel Support: Ostomy and Stoma Care

Course Overview

An informative 60 minute eLearning module breaking down the essential knowledge you need to safely and respectfully support people with ostomy and stoma care.

Why take this course?

When providing complex bowel support, assisting a person with ostomy and stoma care requires an added layer of care, training and safety precautions.

This 60 minute eLearning provides the essential knowledge and theory to support people with a stoma or ostomy. We’ll go through how to clean the stoma, change an ostomy pouch and troubleshoot common problems – all while upholding safety, privacy and respect.

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

• Ostomy and stoma positions

• Types of ostomy and stoma bags and pouches

• Draining, cleaning and changing a pouch

• Supporting a person to manage with an ostomy and stoma

• Troubleshooting common problems and when to seek medical support

Who’s it for?

• Support Workers 

• Frontline Leaders

• Allied Health Professionals

• Anyone involved in supporting people with bowel care

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.