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Lyndsey Amos

Stoma Care Healthcare Assistant, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, discuss education for new stoma patients

Educating patients in stoma care

Patients preparing for life with a stoma will often be anxious and need help to adjust to, and accept, its presence (Lim et al, 2015). A preoperative meeting is organised with the SCN to help prepare...

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