| - NDIS Code of Conduct and Practice Standards
- Scope of support worker responsibilities including supervision and delegation arrangements
- Roles of carers and key health professionals involved complex bowel management
- Basic anatomy of the digestive system
- Relationship between nutrition, hydration, dietary fibre, probiotics, and bowel motions and stoma management
Section 1: Bowel care
- Common causes of bowel care problems such as constipation and faecal incontinence
- Purpose and methods of hygiene and infection control
- Symptoms of bowel-related conditions associated with particular types of disability
- Common types of bowel care support such as use of laxatives, enemas, suppositories and abdominal massage
- Practical demonstrations and hands on practice in a simulated environment
- Requirements for handling, storing and administering bowel care-related medication
- Bristol Stool Form Scale to observe and record bowel motions, and identify any changes that require action
Section 2: Stoma care
- Purpose of ileostomy and colostomy stomas and related equipment, and consumables such as stoma bags, skin sealants, barriers or powders.
- Characteristics of a healthy stoma and how these can change over time.
- Indicators and action required to respond to common health problems at the stoma site, such as wetness or signs of infection or inflammation.
- Risks, common problems and troubleshooting
- Blockage, leakage and deterioration
- Changes of appearance in urine
- Skin integrity issues around stoma
- Poor bowel function
- Practical demonstrations and hands on practice in a simulated environment
- Common methods to clean and protect skin around the stoma.
- Changing and disposal of ileostomy and colostomy bags
- Signs and symptoms of common problems, and action required for example, reflux, vomiting, stomach pain, changes in bowel habits.
- Signs and symptoms, and action required in case of autonomic dysreflexia.
- When and how to involve or get advice/ request review from the appropriate health practitioner
- Documentation, consent, privacy, confidentiality and incident reporting
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