Lesson 1Pain, movement and daily function check tools relevant to wound and stoma careThis section reviews proven tools to check pain, movement, and daily status in patients with wounds and ostomies, showing how symptom load, walking, moving, and self-care ability affect care planning, device choice, and recovery goals.
Picking right pain rating scalesScreening for nerve pain and procedure painChecking walk, moves, and staminaAssessing self-care for stoma carePutting findings into care planningLesson 2Pressure sore check using NPUAP/EPUAP staging, measuring sizes, fluid, and skin around woundThis section explains pressure sore check using NPUAP/EPUAP staging, accurate measure of wound sizes, check of fluid and smell, and detailed skin around wound inspection to guide prevention, support choice, and treatment.
Using NPUAP/EPUAP staging rulesSpotting deep tissue pressure soreMeasuring length, width, and depthChecking fluid type and amountEvaluating skin around wound and diggingLesson 3Mind-social check: body image, worry, caregiver readiness, and health understandingThis section covers mind-social check, including body image trouble, worry, sadness, coping, caregiver readiness, and health understanding, and explains how these affect following care, self-managing, and need for tailored teaching.
Screening for worry and sad symptomsExploring body image and sex concernsAssessing coping way and supportEvaluating caregiver readiness and loadAssessing health understanding and learning needsLesson 4Food, blood sugar control, and infection-risk screening relevant to wound healing and ostomy handlingThis section reviews check of food status, blood sugar control, and infection risk, stressing screening tools, key lab signs, medicine review, and how lacks in these areas delay wound healing and make ostomy handling hard.
Screening for poor food and weight lossEvaluating protein and small nutrient intakeReviewing blood sugar control and medicinesSpotting body-wide and local infection risksPutting findings into care plansLesson 5Step-by-step stoma check: size, shape, color, swelling, skin junction, bulging, pulling back, bleedingThis section details a step-by-step stoma check, including looking at size, shape, color, and swelling, evaluating the skin junction, and spotting problems like bulging, pulling back, bleeding, and poor blood flow.
Measuring stoma size and shape accuratelyAssessing stoma color, wetness, and blood flowSpotting swelling, bulging, and pulling backEvaluating skin junction strengthRecognizing bleeding, dead tissue, and poor blood flowLesson 6Check of surgery belly wounds: wound bed features, depth, drainage, staples/sutures, signs of opening and infectionThis section covers step-by-step check of surgery belly wounds, including wound bed tissue types, depth, tunnels, drainage, smell, staples or sutures, and early signs of opening, infection, and leak formation relevant to ostomy patients.
Describing wound bed tissue and lifeMeasuring wound size, depth, and tunnelsDescribing drainage amount and smellInspecting staples, sutures, and pullSpotting opening, infection, and leakLesson 7Colostomy waste check: thickness, amount, how often, smell, and effects on water and saltsThis section focuses on colostomy waste check, including thickness, amount, how often, gas, and smell, and explains findings for water balance, salt balance, gut function, medicine effects, and need for food or fluid changes.
Describing stool thickness and shapeTracking waste amount and how oftenSpotting high-waste and blockageAssessing smell, gas, and food effectsLinking findings to water and labsLesson 8Skin around stoma evaluation: redness, skin damage, skin irritation, fungus infection, and measure waysThis section focuses on structured skin around stoma evaluation, stressing spotting redness, wearing away, skin irritation, and fungus infection, along with standard measure, recording, and use of check tools to guide targeted actions.
Classifying redness, wearing away, and soresSpotting irritant and allergy skin irritationRecognizing fungus and other infectionsUsing measure tools and photo recordingLinking findings to device fit problems
