Management of Fecal Incontinence for the Advanced Practice Nurse (eBook)

Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, is a Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in Minneapolis, MN, and holds the Professorship in Nursing Research of the School of Nursing Foundation. She is also a Horace T. Morse-Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher. Professor Bliss’ research focuses on assessing, preventing, and managing incontinence and incontinence associated skin damage. She has 25 years of research experience funded by federal, foundation, and corporate grants and more than 90 publications on these topics. Prof. Bliss received her BSN from Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania and her Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. She started her clinical experience in critical care nursing and has specialized training in care of older adults. Prof. Donna Bliss is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the Gerontological Society of America. She is the chair of the Nursing Committee of the International Continence Society (ICS). She chaired the committee of the 6th International Continence Consultation, reviewing the assessment and conservative management of fecal incontinence and was a contributor to the review of managing incontinence with products and devices. She is an editor of the Incontinence Group of Cochrane Systematic Reviews and on the editorial board of Applied Nursing Research. She recently completed ten years of service as the Director of the Center for Clinical Investigation of the Wound Ostomy Continence Society. 

ForewordChristine Norton Chapter 1. Fecal Incontinence and Impact on Quality of LifeDonna Z. Bliss, Melissa Northwood, Cynthia Peden-McAlpineChapter 2. Advanced Practice Continence Nursing Joan Ostaszkiewicz, Cynthia Peden-McAlpine, Melissa Northwood, Sharon Eustice, Kaoru NishimuraChapter 3. Epidemiology of Fecal Incontinence (in different groups, settings, countries)Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes, Juliana Neves da Costa, Vera Lucia Conceição de Gouveia Santos, Jaqueline B. JunqueiraChapter 4. Normal Defecation and Continence Tania das Graças de Souza Lima, Vera Lucia, Conceição de Gouveia Santos, Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes, Mônica Milinkovic de la QuintanaChapter 5. Clinical Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Fecal Incontinence and Its Severity Kathleen F. Hunter, Veronica Haggar, Tamara Dickinson  Chapter 6. Management of Fecal Incontinence for Adult Living in Community Frankie Bates, Veronica Haggar, Alison Bardsley, Yeung Ka Wai, Donna Z. BlisChapter 7. Management of Fecal Incontinence for Older Adult with Fecal Incontinence  Living in Community Kathleen F. Hunter, Veronica Haggar, Melissa NorthwoodChapter 8. Management of Fecal Incontinence in Older Adults in Long-Term Care Lene Elisabeth Blekken, Anne Guttormsen Vinsnes, Kari Hanne Gjeilo, Donna Z. Bliss, Joanne BoothChapter 9. Management of Neurogenic Fecal Incontinence in Adults Tamara Dickinson, Sharon Eustice, Nikki CotterillChapter 10. Management of Fecal Incontinence in Hospitalized Adults Marcia Carr, Kathleen F. HunterChapter 11. Management of Fecal Incontinence in Pregnancy and Postpartum Christina Hegan, Marlene CortonChapter 12. Surgical Management of Fecal Incontinence and Postoperative Nursing Care Prof P. Ronan O’Connell, Sarah AbbottChapter 13. Management of Skin Damage Associated with Fecal and Dual Incontinence Mikel Gray, Donna Z. Bliss