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Continence, catheter and stoma care in long-term and home settings: Safe practice for nurses

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for registered and enrolled nurses. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Course outline at a glance

  • A morning visit
  • Safe care is dignified care
  • Checklist
  • Flashcards
  • Quiz

  • Assess before you act
  • Catheter care principles
  • Put it in order
  • Tabs
  • Process
  • Sorting activity
  • Quiz

  • What a healthy stoma looks like
  • Changing an appliance
  • Spot the risk
  • Accordion
  • Process
  • Sorting activity
  • Matching quiz

  • Bowel care
  • Scenario
  • Scenario
  • Tabs
  • Quiz
  • Scenario

  • Records that help the next visitor
  • Teach a carer
  • Who to tell
  • Accordion
  • Flashcards
  • Matching quiz
  • Process

  • Completion
  • Quiz

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Question 1 of 3

A catheter that is not draining can be…

 

A catheter not draining needs review under local policy.

Lesson 1, Why dignified, safe continence care matters, teaches this. See the outline

Question 2 of 3

Why ask each day whether a catheter is still needed?

 

Remove it as soon as it is no longer needed.

Lesson 2, Assessment and catheter care, teaches this. See the outline

Question 3 of 3

The key question when a bowel pattern changes is…

 

What is normal varies by person. A change from their normal is the signal.

Lesson 4, Grey areas: bowel care and home visits, teaches this. See the outline

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Continence, catheter and stoma care in long-term and home settings: Safe practice for nurses

Completed on12 October 2026
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Everyone who finishes gets a certificate with their name, the course title and the completion date. Add your own logo, colours and signer.

Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 14 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why dignified, safe continence care matters · 7 min

    Before you begin · A morning visit · Safe care is dignified care

  • Lesson 2: Assessment and catheter care · 7 min

    Assess before you act · Catheter care principles · Put it in order

  • Lesson 3: Stoma care and skin protection · 7 min

    What a healthy stoma looks like · Changing an appliance · Spot the risk

  • Lesson 4: Grey areas: bowel care and home visits · 7 min

    Bowel care · Scenario · Scenario

  • Lesson 5: Document, teach and speak up · 7 min

    Records that help the next visitor · Teach a carer · Who to tell

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 5 min

    Practice · Completion

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At induction to a long-term or community role, before a nurse first manages a catheter or stoma, and annually.

Registered and enrolled nurses in care homes, community and home health nurses who care for older adults; run by the nurse educator or clinical education lead of a care home group, community nursing service or home health agency.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Clinical education contact
  • Local policy link
  • Incident reporting route
  • Escalation route
  • Regulator and standards
  • LMS or record system
  • Continence assessment tool
  • Stoma care policy link
  • Blocked catheter policy
  • Supplies contact
  • Course URL
  • Live session URL
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