This week it’s all about bowels! We have the following
updates for you:
Constipation: Causes and assessment
This procedure has been completely revamped following peer
review and now follows a more logical order. The references have also been
updated and it now cites the Rome IV (2017) for the definition of constipation.
Constipation: Treatment
Also revamped following peer review, this procedure has gone
up by a page and now includes a comprehensive table of laxatives and other
medications to treat constipation, with useful notes on mode of action and the
best ways of using these laxatives. This procedure includes many new
references.
Stool specimen: collection
Stool specimen assessment
Both of these procedures have been updated by the editor
following peer review.
Inserting a rectal suppository
Administration of an enema
Wendy Ness, Colorectal Nurse Specialist at Croydon
University Hospital—the editor of the constipation and stool specimen
procedures mentioned above—has also become the editor of the procedures on
administering a suppository and an enema. The first of these now includes additional
information on assessing the patient before administering a suppository, and
the differences between suppositories administered for local effect and those
administered for systemic effect. References have been reviewed and updated
where necessary.
The procedure on administering an enema now includes more
detailed information on the different types of enema—evacuant and retention—and
the need for carrying out a risk assessment before administering an enema.
I’ll be back soon with more updates and news about the
website, until then…
Link to above procedures here: https://www.clinicalskills.net/dashboard/procedures-search?combine=bowel
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