Better Incontinence Care Starts With Better Education
Moving Beyond Routine Incontinence Care
Incontinence can have physical, psychological, and social consequences for older adults. Effective management begins with understanding the individual resident rather than simply treating incontinence as an inevitable part of aging.
This 2-contact-hour online course explores important aspects of incontinence assessment and management, including:
- Types and causes of urinary and fecal incontinence
- Comprehensive evaluation of residents experiencing incontinence
- Prompted voiding
- The relationship between incontinence and resident infections
- Treatment and management options
- Implementing prompted voiding procedures
- The role of therapy in incontinence rehabilitation
- Developing and implementing toileting programs
- Tracking voiding programs and evaluating outcomes
Throughout the course, special attention is given to resident comfort, dignity, psychological well-being, communication, and quality of life.
One Nurse or Your Entire Team
Continuing education is often viewed as something an individual nurse completes to maintain competency or fulfill professional education requirements. And Pedagogy courses are certainly available for the individual healthcare professional who wants convenient, self-paced online education.
But education can have an even broader impact when it reaches the entire care team.
Long-term care facilities can use online education to provide staff members with a more consistent foundation of knowledge and reinforce facility-wide approaches to resident care.
Consider incontinence management as an example.
When multiple members of the care team understand the purpose of prompted voiding, toileting schedules, resident assessment, documentation, and preserving dignity, education moves beyond individual professional development. It can become part of a facility's overall approach to improving care.
That makes courses such as Understanding Incontinence in Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities valuable for:
- Individual nurses seeking continuing education
- Nurses who want to strengthen their knowledge of geriatric care
- New employee education and orientation
- Staff development programs
- Annual or targeted facility education
- Long-term care teams working to improve consistency in resident care
Online Education That Works Around Healthcare
Finding time for staff education can be difficult in a 24-hour healthcare environment. Pulling an entire team away from resident care for classroom education isn't always practical.
Online learning offers another option.
Staff members can complete assigned education individually rather than requiring everyone to attend a class at the same place and time. For individual nurses, that same flexibility means education can be completed when and where it fits their schedule.
One learner or an entire staff—Pedagogy Education can help make professional education more accessible.
Invest in Knowledge. Improve the Approach to Care.
Incontinence may be common in long-term care, but the way it is assessed, managed, and discussed matters.
Education can help nurses and caregivers move beyond simply responding to incontinence toward implementing thoughtful strategies that support comfort, dignity, independence, and quality of life.
Whether you are an individual nurse looking to expand your knowledge or a long-term care organization looking for education for your staff, Pedagogy Education provides convenient online learning designed for today's healthcare professionals.
Explore Understanding Incontinence in Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities and discover how better education can support better resident care.
