WOCTalk

Keep it Simple! Basic Ostomy Skin Care: A Guide for Patients and Health Care Providers (EP.08)

Episode Summary

Participants: Mary F. Mahoney, MSN, RN, CWON, CFCN Barbara J. Rozenboom, BSN, RN, CWON People who have a stoma often have many of the same questions and concerns. In this episode of WOCTalk, we sit down with co-authors of the Basic Ostomy Skin Care: A Guide for Patients and Health Care Providers, a resource document that addresses answers to some of the most asked questions that people ask about the care of a stoma and the skin around the stoma. While the answers in this resource are meant for the person who has a stoma, there may also be helpful for the nurse as a teaching tool. The Basic Ostomy Skin Care: A Guide for Patients and Health Care Providers can be viewed in the WOCN Document Library can be found here https://www.wocn.org/resource/collection/A199E33D-CA30-4368-A6EA-911166C669AB/Basic_Ostomy_Skin_Care_-_Guide_Pt__Health_Care_Providers__2018_.pdf.

Episode Notes

Participants:
Mary F. Mahoney, MSN, RN, CWON, CFCN
Barbara J. Rozenboom, BSN, RN, CWON

People who have a stoma often have many of the same questions and concerns. In this episode of WOCTalk, we sit down with co-authors of the Basic Ostomy Skin Care: A Guide for Patients and Health Care Providers, a resource document that addresses answers to some of the most asked questions that people ask about the care of a stoma and the skin around the stoma. While the answers in this resource are meant for the person who has a stoma, there may also be helpful for the nurse as a teaching tool.

The Basic Ostomy Skin Care: A Guide for Patients and Health Care Providers can be viewed in the WOCN Document Library by clicking here.