Course Description

This short course has been designed to prepare an attendant care worker / disability support worker (or similar) with the skill set to provide a person living with spinal cord injury their bowel care/therapy (enema or suppository).  This course is designed to be used in conjunction with on-the-job training.

All students are provided with a Competency Assessment Tool within this course. It is recommended that you participate in on-the-job training and have your knowledge and skill assessed by an RN or RN Delegate..

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Course Duration:  1 hour

Enrolment period/how long you have access to this course:  30 days

On successfully completing your course you will be automatically issued with a Certificate of Completion.

Georgina McGrath RN

Clinical Nurse Consultant - Disability & Rehabilitation

Georgina (aka Georgie) McGrath established McGrath Nursing Consultancy in 2017. Georgie has over 10 years’ experience working in private practice as a Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Consultant. Georgie worked during her Registered Nursing undergraduate training days as an Assistant in Nursing on an inpatient Spinal Unit.   Since graduating in late 1993 she has held a variety of positions from Community Spinal Adviser; Spinal Cord Injuries Clinical Nurse Consultant, Nurse Unit Manager (Brain Injury Unit); Nurse Educator (Rehabilitation and Stroke Program); Case Manager/Care Coordinator, Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Consultant and Team Leader for a large care provider. Georgie has held positions in Sydney and as far north as Townsville and gathered multiple experiences that enrich her practice along the way. She holds post graduate qualifications in Community Nursing; Clinical Rehabilitation and is an Certified Nurse Life-Care Planning.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Overview

    • Welcome - Course Overview

    • Preface

    • Bowel Therapy SCI Competency Assessment Tool
  • 2

    Lesson 1

    • Lesson 1: Bowel Function following SCI (Reflex bowel) - an overview
  • 3

    Lesson 2

    • Lesson 2: Bowel Therapy SCI - Bottom of the Treatment Ladder

    • Diet and Fluid Student Information Sheet
  • 4

    Lesson 3

    • Lesson 3: Bowel Therapy SCI - Rectal Thearpy

    • Important Tips - What finger do you use etc.
  • 5

    Lesson 4

    • Lesson 4: Bowel Therapy SCI

    • Bowel Chart
  • 6

    Bowel Therapy SCI QUIZ - 80% pass mark

    • Bowel Thearpy Quiz

  • $220.00

    $220.00BUNDLE: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and SCI Bowel Management

    This bundle includes the spinal cord injury Course AND the extension course for providing complex bowel therapy (theory) course.
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