The Continence Essentials Journal

Continence Essentials is an A4 publication provided by Continence UK for the everyday practitioner. It has been developed specifically as a collection of best practice to help guide nurses caring for patients with continence problems. Specifically it is targeted at:

District Nurses	Link Nurses	Nursing Home Staff
Practice Nurses	Health Visitors	School Nurses
Staff Nurses	HCA's

The articles from the 2008 issue of Continence Essentials are free to download below. Continence Essentials will not be published this year but you can receive a copy of Continence Essentials 2008 by emailing us at furtherinfo@continence-uk.com with your address details.

General Incontinence

• The support worker role in continence care
• Managing continence issues in the workplace
• Faecal incontinence and its impact on wound care
• Best practice when applying topical barrier creams

Urinary Incontinence

• An introduction to bladder dysfunction
• Five essential interventions in urinary incontinence care
• Overactive bladder and urinary continence
• The use of catheters in patients with urinary incontinence
• The causes and management of catheter encrustation
• An overview of female intermittent catheterisation
• How to deal with acute urinary retention
• The use of sheaths in male urinary incontinence
• A guide to the fitting of urinary continence pads
• The importance of the pelvic floor muscles
• Appliances that can assist with patients' continence
• Management techniques in childhood enuresis
• Instructing male patients in the technique of ISC
• The best practice for fitting a one-piece urinary sheath
• How to perform suprapubic recatheterisation

Faecal Incontinence

• An introduction to faecal incontinence
• The causes and treatments of constipation
• The management of faecal incontinence in childhood
• How to perform a digital removal of faeces

Product Reviews

• Statlock Strap free stabilisation for Foley Catheters
• ReleaseNF Anti-Infection Silicone Foley Catheters
• CavilonTM No Sting Barrier Film
• Careline - Helping you with continence management
• CavilonTM Durable Barrier Cream