CWOCN UNC Chapel Hill Kernersville, North Carolina
Disclosure(s):
Neil H. Hyman, MD: disclosed no financial relationship with any ineligible company (commercial interest).
Rebecca S. McElyea, BSN RN CWOCN: disclosed no financial relationship with any ineligible company (commercial interest).
This session will show video(s) and pictorial demonstrations of how ostomies are created, discuss related technical issues and review identification of stoma related complications. We will also review the role of ostomy nurses in proper stoma site selection and the management of complications.
Learning Objectives:
Be able to understand how ileostomies are constructed
Be able to identify common stoma related complications
