Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society Core Curriculum

Chapter 1. Professional Practice for Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing
Chapter 2. Voiding Physiology
Chapter 3. Continence Care Nursing: An Overview
Chapter 4. Primary Assessment of Patients with Urinary Incontinence and Voiding Dysfunction
Chapter 5. Advanced Assessment of the Patient with Urinary Incontinence and Voiding Dysfunction
Chapter 6. Management Fundamentals for Incontinence
Chapter 7. Overactive Bladder/Urgency UI: Pathology, Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management
Chapter 8. Retention of Urine
Chapter 9. Neurogenic Bladder: Assessment and Management
Chapter 10. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men
Chapter 11. Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women
Chapter 12. Advanced Pelvic Health Considerations for Women: Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes, Pelvic Organ Prolapse, and Vesicovaginal Fistula
Chapter 13. UI and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in the Older Adult
Chapter 14. Voiding Dysfunction and Urinary Incontinence in the Pediatric Population
Chapter 15. Incontinence and the Individual who is Obese
Chapter 16. Appropriate Use of Containment Devices, Absorbent Products, and Adaptive Aides
Chapter 17. Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis
Chapter 18. Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Prevention and Management in Adults
Chapter 19. Indwelling and Intermittent Urinary Catheterization
Chapter 20. Physiology of Normal Defecation
Chapter 21. Motility Disorders
Chapter 22. Fecal Incontinence: Pathology, Assessment, and Management
Chapter 23. Bowel Dysfunction and Fecal Incontinence in the Pediatric Population
Glossary
Index