Lesson 1Pain, mobility and functional assessment tools relevant to wound and stoma careThis lesson reviews proven tools for checking pain, movement, and daily abilities in patients with wounds and ostomies, showing how these affect care plans, device choices, and recovery goals.
Selecting appropriate pain rating scalesScreening for neuropathic and procedural painEvaluating gait, transfers, and enduranceAssessing self-care ability for stoma careIncorporating findings into care planningLesson 2Pressure injury assessment using NPUAP/EPUAP staging, measuring dimensions, exudate, and peri-wound skinThis lesson explains checking pressure sores using NPUAP/EPUAP stages, measuring wound size, looking at fluid and smell, and skin around the wound to guide prevention, bed choices, and treatment.
Applying NPUAP/EPUAP staging criteriaIdentifying deep tissue pressure injuryMeasuring length, width, and depthAssessing exudate type and volumeEvaluating peri-wound skin and underminingLesson 3Psychosocial assessment: body image, anxiety, caregiver readiness, and health literacyThis lesson covers emotional checks like body image issues, worry, depression, coping, caregiver prep, and understanding health info, and how these impact sticking to care and self-management needs.
Screening for anxiety and depressive symptomsExploring body image and sexual concernsAssessing coping style and support systemsEvaluating caregiver readiness and burdenAssessing health literacy and learning needsLesson 4Nutrition, glycemic control, and infection-risk screening relevant to wound healing and ostomy managementThis lesson reviews checks for nutrition, blood sugar control, and infection risk, focusing on tools, lab tests, medicines, and how lacks here slow healing and make ostomy care harder.
Screening for malnutrition and weight lossEvaluating protein and micronutrient intakeReviewing glycemic control and medicationsIdentifying systemic and local infection risksIntegrating findings into care plansLesson 5Systematic stoma assessment: size, shape, color, edema, mucocutaneous junction, prolapse, retraction, bleedingThis lesson details step-by-step stoma checks for size, shape, colour, swelling, skin join, bulging, pulling in, bleeding, and poor blood flow.
Measuring stoma size and contour accuratelyAssessing stoma color, moisture, and perfusionIdentifying edema, prolapse, and retractionEvaluating mucocutaneous junction integrityRecognizing bleeding, necrosis, and ischemiaLesson 6Assessment of surgical abdominal wounds: wound bed characteristics, depth, drainage, staples/sutures, signs of dehiscence and infectionThis lesson covers checks for surgery belly wounds, including tissue types, depth, tunnels, fluid, smell, stitches, and early signs of splitting, infection, and leaks for ostomy patients.
Describing wound bed tissue and viabilityMeasuring wound size, depth, and tunnelingCharacterizing drainage amount and odorInspecting staples, sutures, and tensionDetecting dehiscence, infection, and fistulaLesson 7Colostomy output assessment: consistency, volume, frequency, odor, and implications for hydration and electrolytesThis lesson focuses on checking colostomy output for thickness, amount, times, smell, gas, and what it means for water balance, salts, gut work, meds, and diet changes.
Describing stool consistency and formTracking output volume and frequencyRecognizing high-output and constipationAssessing odor, gas, and food influencesRelating findings to hydration and labsLesson 8Peristomal skin evaluation: erythema, excoriation, dermatitis, fungal infection, and measurement techniquesThis lesson teaches structured skin checks around the stoma for redness, rawness, rash, fungus, with standard measuring, noting, and tools for targeted fixes.
Classifying erythema, erosion, and ulcerationIdentifying irritant and allergic dermatitisRecognizing candidiasis and other infectionsUsing measurement tools and photo documentationLinking findings to appliance fit problems
