This module contains the topics:
- About stomas
- Care and management
- Complications
- Stoma reversal
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
- summarise the purpose of creating a stoma
- recall the three types of stomas
- describe the preoperative care for a patient receiving a stoma
- describe stoma care and skin care following surgery
- recall the healthy appearance of a stoma
- describe complications of stoma creation and a patient living with a stoma
- name complications of stomas which require referral
- indicate when a stoma is reversible
- describe strategies to promote successful stoma reversal.
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