Bowel Management Training
for Healthcare Professionals
📅 Duration: 3 hours (half-day)
🎓 Accreditation: ✅ CPD Accredited
👩⚕️ Audience: Registered nurses, other registered practitioners, and trained HCAs or support staff.
🏥 Format: Available live online or face-to-face at your organisation
👥 Group Size: Up to 10 delegates
Bowel Care Training for Healthcare Staff
Course Details:
Designed for healthcare professionals across all care settings, whether new to bowel management or seeking to refresh their skills and knowledge.
The training highlights the importance of effective bowel care in maintaining dignity, comfort, and quality of life. Participants will explore the systemic impact of poor bowel function, recognise complications linked to constipation, and develop the practical skills to assess, manage, and support patients in line with RCN guidance and best practice.
Bowel care is often under-recognised in clinical practice. This course ensures staff are equipped to provide safe, sensitive, and evidence-based bowel management that enhances patient wellbeing.
Learning Outcomes – Bowel Management Training
By the end of this CPD-accredited course, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the bowel and digestive system.
- Recognise common bowel issues, including constipation and diarrhoea.
- Collect and assess stool specimens accurately.
- Understand the role and use of medications in bowel function.
- Appreciate the importance of nutrition and hydration in bowel management.
- Build knowledge of neurogenic bowel and its management.
- Perform safe Digital Rectal Stimulation (DRS).
- Identify complications of DRS and respond appropriately.
- Recognise the physical and psychological impact of bowel management on patients and provide appropriate support.
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Why Choose Hickby?
👩⚕️ Nurse-led expertise
Delivered by experienced Clinical Nurse Educators with real-world practice.
🎓 CPD accredited
Assurance that training meets national professional standards.
📖 Evidence-based
Aligned with NICE, RCN, and NMC guidance for safe, effective care.
"The training was relevant to daily practice. The trainer explained everything effectively, was patient, and went at the right pace for the group. A very knowledgeable and supportive session."
Senior Nurse
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