Bladder and Bowel

RCN Bladder and Bowel Learning Resource.

• This resource is designed to help you support people who have incontinence or bowel and bladder problems.
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Royal College of Nursing (2021) Bladder and bowel care in child birth

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Royal College of Nursing (2019) Bowel care. Management of lower bowel dysfunction, including digital rectal examination and digital removal of faeces, London: RCN.

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Royal College of Nursing (2019) Catheter care: RCN guidance for healthcare professionals. London: RCN.

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Royal College of Nursing (2020) Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment. London: RCN.

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International Continence Society (2019) ICS 2019 standards: The 2019 compilation of the International Continence Society standardisations, consensus statements, educational modules, terminology and fundamentals documents, with the international consultation on incontinence algorithms. Bristol: ICS.

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NHS England (2018) Excellence in continence care. London: NHS: England

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We would like to thank the RCN Bladder and Bowel member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Badlani G (2015) Minimally invasive therapy for urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. New York: Humann Press.

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Reynard J, Brewster S F, Biers S and Neal N L (2019) Oxford handbook of urology. 4^th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Bo K, Berghmands B and Morkved S (2015) Evidence-based therapy for the pelvic floor: bridging science and clinical practice. 2nd edn. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

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Thomas N (2019) Renal nursing: care and management of people with kidney disease. 5^th edn. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell.

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Corcos J, MacDiarmid S and Heesakkers J (2015) Overactive bladder: practical management. 1st edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.

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Hashim H and Dasgupta P (2017) Urology at a glance. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell.

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Heesakkers J, Chapple C, De Ridder D and Farag F (2016) Practical functional urology. Cham: Springer International.

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Jones T (2015) Crash course: renal and urinary system. Edinburgh: Mosby Elsevier.

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Padoa A and Rosenbaum T Y (2016) The overactive pelvic floor. Cham: Springer.

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Faecal incontinence
• Urinary incontinence
• Urology

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• Catheter care
• Continence care
• Faecal incontinence
• Incontinence assessment
• Urinary incontinence

Journals of interest for continence care. Use these links to see details of availability.

• Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal
• Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing
• Urologic Nursing