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Enhance your skills and Expand your Knowledge with our Ostomy Management Course

  • Writer: WOC Institute
    WOC Institute
  • Jul 9
  • 1 min read

6-weeks | Self-paced Online | Open to all healthcare professionals


Are you a healthcare professional interested in learning more about ostomy management? Register today in the online, self-paced CNA-accredited Ostomy Management course offered by the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Institute! 


Throughout this interactive course, you’ll learn at your own pace and benefit from:

  • ✔️ Virtual mentorship from CNA-certified NSWOCs

  • ✔️ Evidence-based content tailored for clinical practice

  • ✔️ A certificate of completion upon passing the final quiz


You’ll leave this course with:

  • Increased knowledge related to evidence-based ostomy care

  • Improved ability to advocate for patients with ostomy related issues

  • Enhanced ability to collaborate with ostomy care specialists

  • Access to virtual mentorship and knowledge consolidation opportunities with our team of CNA certified Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence (NSWOCs)


Course Content Includes:

  1. Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal and urinary systems 

  2. Surgical procedures resulting in an ostomy  

  3. Ostomy management including medication, nutrition, and physical and psychosocial care of the patient with a stoma 

  4. Assessment and management of the stoma 

  5. Assessment and management of the peristomal skin 

  6. Appropriate selection of ostomy management products 

  7. Common complications and management strategies. 



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