Management of Fecal Incontinence for the Advanced Practice Nurse

✍ Scribed by Donna Z. Bliss

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 311
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book describes the current management of fecal incontinence from an advanced practice nursing perspective. It fills a gap in nursing knowledge promoting and showcasing the expertise and significant contribution of advanced practice nurses whose role is so important in the health care system. Authors’ objectives are to disseminate information about evidenced-based nursing care for the incontinent patient to improve outcomes and quality of life as well as to instruct nurses involved in continence care to practice at a high quality level.

The book is structured in chapters, starting by explaining fecal incontinence and its impact on quality of life. The second chapter discusses advanced practice continence nursing. The epidemiology of fecal incontinence is reviewed to provide an appreciation of the scope of the problem. Normal defecation and mechanisms to ensure continence are reviewed to improve understanding of the alterations resulting in fecal incontinence. The next chapters focus on assessment, diagnosis and management of fecal incontinence in various patient groups which parallels the delivery of care. Since surgery is a treatment option in some cases, a chapter explains surgical approaches and the postoperative nursing care. As skin damage is the most common complication of fecal incontinence there is a chapter about management of these associated problems. The last chapter addresses managing fecal incontinence in the patient with urinary continence also. Practice related chapters include a case study. All chapters highlight key information in a box or table.

The intended readers are international advanced practice nurses who care for patients with incontinence as well as continence nurse specialists practicing at a general level. General nurses interested in continence care might also be interested in reading the book. Other disciplines who are part of the healthcare team may be interested in learning more about role of the advanced practice nurse.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Fecal Incontinence: Definition and Impact on Quality of Life (Cynthia Peden-McAlpine, Melissa Northwood, Donna Z. Bliss)....Pages 1-14
Advanced Practice Continence Nursing (Joan Ostaszkiewicz, Cynthia Peden-McAlpine, Melissa Northwood, Sharon Eustice, Donna Z. Bliss, Kaoru Nishimura)....Pages 15-47
Epidemiology of Fecal Incontinence (Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes, Juliana Neves da Costa, Vera Lúcia Conceição de Gouveia Santos, Jaqueline Betteloni Junqueira)....Pages 49-62
Normal Defecation and Mechanisms for Continence (Mônica Milinkovic de la Quintana, Tania das Graças de Souza Lima, Vera Lúcia Conceição de Gouveia Santos, Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes)....Pages 63-76
Clinical Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Fecal Incontinence and Its Severity (Kathleen F. Hunter, Tamara Dickinson, Veronica Haggar)....Pages 77-91
Management of Fecal Incontinence in Community-Living Adults (Frankie Bates, Donna Z. Bliss, Alison Bardsely, Winnie Ka Wai Yeung)....Pages 93-126
Management of Fecal Incontinence in Frail Older Adults Living in the Community (Kathleen F. Hunter, Melissa Northwood, Veronica Haggar, Frankie Bates)....Pages 127-148
Management of Fecal Incontinence in Older Adults in Long-Term Care (Lene Elisabeth Blekken, Anne Guttormsen Vinsnes, Kari Hanne Gjeilo, Donna Z. Bliss)....Pages 149-169
Management of Fecal Incontinence in Adults with Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction (Tamara Dickinson, Sharon Eustice, Nikki Cotterill)....Pages 171-185
Management of Fecal Incontinence in Acutely Ill and Critically Ill Hospitalized Adults (Marcia Carr, Kathleen F. Hunter)....Pages 187-210
Management of Fecal/Anal Incontinence During Pregnancy and Postpartum (Christina Hegan, Marlene Corton)....Pages 211-239
Surgical Management of Fecal Incontinence and Implications for Postoperative Nursing Care (Sarah Abbott, Ronan O’Connell)....Pages 241-256
Management of Skin Damage Associated with Fecal and Dual Incontinence (Mikel Gray, Donna Z. Bliss, Sheila Howes Trammel)....Pages 257-289
Management of Urinary Incontinence in the Presence of Fecal Incontinence (Sandra Engberg)....Pages 291-305
Back Matter ....Pages 307-308

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Nursing Management; Gastroenterology; Colorectal Surgery; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery; Dermatology