Continence Management Course

Are you a healthcare professional interested in learning more about continence management?

Introduction to Continence Management is an 8-week course, self-paced and online, open to all health care professionals. Learners will be directed through a series of highly interactive modules designed to provide foundational knowledge in the area of continence management. Student’s will be supported by CNA-certified NSWOCs via the online course forum and during weekly virtual office hours.

Register today in the online, self-paced Continence Management course offered by the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Institute!

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Course Outcomes

Students will be able to perform a basic continence-focused patient interview and physical assessment.

Students will understand the physiology of urinary and fecal incontinence and identify associated risk factors.

With enhanced foundational knowledge, students will select appropriate management strategies to maintain skin health and improve patient outcomes.

Students will employ evidence-based practise in the selection and use of urinary catheter supplies, containment products, and barrier products.

Students will identify and advocate for patients with continence-related issues and advocate, with an enhance ability to collaborate with the interprofessional team, including continence care specialists.

Course Content

The course consists of six units and a final quiz.

Course Modules

Unit 1: Anatomy and physiology
- A review of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and integumentary systems
Unit 2: Comprehensive Patient Interview and Physical Assessment
- An examination of the continence-focused patient interview and physical assessment linking potential findings to their impact on urinary and fecal continence.
- An overview of clinical evaluations and diagnostic tests for fecal and urinary incontinence.
Unit 3: Acute Urinary Incontinence
- An examination of the causes, risk factors, and management of acute urinary incontinence
- Discussion of appropriate selection and application of containment and barrier products for management of incontinence.
Unit 4: Chronic Urinary Incontinence
- An in depth look at Stress Urinary Incontinence, Urge Urinary Incontinence, and Functional urinary incontinence, including causes, differentiating characteristics, risk factors, and management strategies for each.
Unit 5: Overflow Incontinence
- A comprehensive review of factors causing urinary retention and overflow incontinence and their potential complications
- Examination of intermittent and indwelling urinary catheterization, including:
  - Best practices for catheter insertion and management
  - Catheter selection, including composition, sizing, tips, balloons, and more
Unit 6: Fecal Incontinence
- An examination of gastrointestinal motility disorders and their impact on fecal continence
- Management of motility disorders and fecal incontinence

The final quiz consists of 30 questions related to the course content.
Students must achieve a 70% on the final quiz to receive their certificate of completion.

Course Length

8 weeks self-paced, online
Continuous course enrolment means students can start anytime.

Registration Process

Step 1: Start your registration

Registration is quick and easy!

When you're ready to begin the course, simply click on the "Register now" button below. This will bring you to a site called Dual Code, which we use to host our on-demand courses.

Step 2: Create a free account

You will be redirected to the Dual Code platform. If you don't have an existing account, click on the "Sign Up" or "Create Account" option.
Enter your email address (used as a username) and a password.
After creating your Dual Code account, you will be directed to the Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Institute course page.

Click here to visit the course web page

Step 3: Purchase the course

On the course page, click "Purchase Course"
After clicking "purchase course", you will be presented with 3 payment options:
- a) Pay for yourself only,
- b) Pay for everyone in your organization at a group rate, or
- c) Pay for a specific number of users.
Click on the "Checkout" button to proceed to the payment confirmation page.

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Step 4: Begin the course

After successful payment, you will gain access to the enrolled course.
Begin the course at your convenience by following the provided instructions.

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Step 5: Course Completion

Progress through the course content at your own pace.
Upon completion, you will automatically receive a certificate of completion.

Congratulations!

Thank you for choosing the WOC Institute to advance your career in wound, ostomy, and/or continence care. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact our support team.

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Costs & Tuition: Total $600

$600

Program Fee (Academic Tuition)

Applied at checkout.

$110

If you would like to enhance your learning, you may purchase an optional Continence textbook at approximately $110.00.

Ermer-Seltun J., Engberg S. (Eds.) Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society Core Curriculum: Continence Management (2nd Ed). Wolters Kluwer. [2E] ISBN-13: 9781975164539

Book#: EFMC4 (2022)

You may order your textbooks through the Wound, Ostomy & Continence Institute Bookstore: lb.ca/wocinstitute.

Wound, Ostomy and Continence Institute

Continence Management Course

Are you a healthcare professional interested in learning more about continence management?

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Start the course today!

Course Outcomes

Students will be able to perform a basic continence-focused patient interview and physical assessment.

Students will understand the physiology of urinary and fecal incontinence and identify associated risk factors.

With enhanced foundational knowledge, students will select appropriate management strategies to maintain skin health and improve patient outcomes.

Students will employ evidence-based practise in the selection and use of urinary catheter supplies, containment products, and barrier products.

Students will identify and advocate for patients with continence-related issues and advocate, with an enhance ability to collaborate with the interprofessional team, including continence care specialists.

Course Content

Course Modules

Course Length

Registration Process

Step 1: Start your registration

Step 2: Create a free account

Step 3: Purchase the course

Step 4: Begin the course

Step 5: Course Completion

Congratulations!

Costs & Tuition: Total $600

$600

Program Fee (Academic Tuition)

$110

If you would like to enhance your learning, you may purchase an optional Continence textbook at approximately $110.00.