Patricia Walls. RN, STN1 1Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Pat.walls@hsn.org.au Perfect peristomal skin is the aim of the stoma patient and the professionals who attend them. Peristomal skin damage is never normal. When the integrity of the skin...
- October 17, 2016
Joanne Campbell1 1Clinical Nurse Consultant Stomal Therapy, The Royal Melbourne Hospital Victoria, 300 Gratten Street Parkville, Victoria 3050 In a major tertiary teaching Hospital, in the epicentre of Melbourne, emergency cases whereby traumatic injury, precipitates a life threatening need for stoma...
- October 17, 2016
Angie Perrin1 1Clinical Lead, R & D, Salts Heathcare Convex products have been commercially available for decades. In the early 1990’s the very first integral convex appliance was developed, this product revolutionised stomal management. Since then there has been a...
- October 17, 2016
Suzana Hey RN STN1 1Queen Elizabeth 11 Jubilee Hospital, Level 5, Cnr Kessels & Troughton Rd, Coopers Plains, Brisbane, Queensland, 4108, Australia. suzana.hey@health.qld.gov.au Exercise can play an enormous role in the health of all, especially in light of the high...
- October 17, 2016
Kristie Willis1 1Stomal Therapy Department, Launceston General Hospital, Charles Street TAS 7250 kristiemw80@gmail.com No matter how much or how little experience we have working as a Stomal Therapy Nurse (STN); lets reflect on our first few months working autonomously. This...
- October 17, 2016
Helen Nodrum1 1Stomal Therapy Nurse Consultant, Cabrini Health, Victoria It is the week leading into Christmas and the Christmas present that no Stomal Therapy Nurse wants to receive and no patient wants to give. Referral to the Department from the...
- October 17, 2016
Kellie Burke1 1Stomal Therapy Nurse (cred), Canberra Hospital Yamba Drive Garran ACT 2605 kellie.burke@act.gov.au INTRODUCTION: This case study presentation will discuss the various surgical and stomal complications experienced by a 68 year old female, Mrs S, following surgery and stoma...
- October 17, 2016
Sarah Axman-Friend1 1CNC Stomal Therapy / Wound Managment, Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital. 627 Rode Rd Chermside 4032, Sarah.Axman-Friend@svha.org.au Recovery after ostomy formation surgery can be a difficult time. Individuals can experience many physical and psychological changes and challenges as they...
- October 17, 2016
Ian Whiteley1 & Dr Janice Gullick2 1 Clinical Nurse Consultant, Stomal Therapy, Level 1 West, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Rd, Concord, NSW, 2139 ian.whiteley@sswahs.nsw.gov,au 2 Conjoint Nursing & Midwifery Research Fellow, King George V Building, Sydney Local Health District,...
- October 17, 2016
Andrea Farrugia CNC STN1, Paris Purnell RN STN2, 1 Ostomy Association of Melbourne, 14/25-37 Huntingdale Road, Burwood, 3125. Victoria, Australia, stn@oam.org.au 2 Hollister Incorporated, 2000 Hollister Drive, Libertyville, Il, USA. 60048, paris.purnell@hollister.com A CeraPlus1 (a ceramide infused ostomy skin barrier)...
- October 17, 2016