Tuesday – Continence

Siona Hardy B Phty. (Hons), MBA, APAM Director Clinical Operations, Outpatients Manager   With 3% of Australian school-aged children suffering from daytime bladder control and 10% suffering from bedwetting, the Mars Clinic was established to meet the significant community need...
  • February 21, 2017
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Dr. Maria Giulia Marini1 1 Executive Director of ISTUD Milan. Italy Narrative medicine is what occurs between the health provider and the patient: from the collection of information of events before the occurrence of the disease, how the disease showed...
  • February 15, 2017
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Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP, FAAN 1 1 Past President, National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP), Past President, Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN), Past President, Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB), CNS/WOC Nurse Cone Health  ...
  • February 15, 2017
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Judy Wells1 1 Stomal Therapist/Continence Consultant, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne An education package, to help smooth transition and demystify this strange sounding procedure , was needed .The Mitrofanoff Support Australia [ MSA ] together with funding from Hollister, Department of Health and Human...
  • January 30, 2017
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A/Prof. (Adj) Craig Allingham EMBA, FSMA, APAM, NSAA Men’s Health Physiotherapist Author: Prostate Recovery MAP – Men’s Action Plan Men have a different attitude to their health than do women. We take a more functional view of health meaning if...
  • January 25, 2017
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Dr Jill Campbell RN, PhD., NsgCert(Intensive Care), BApp Sc (Nursing), GradCert (Sexual Reproductive Heath), GradDip(Wound Care), MACN1 1 Skin Integrity Clinical Nurse, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital   Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) represents a significant threat to skin integrity in vulnerable individuals....
  • January 24, 2017
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Dr Jill Campbell RN, PhD., NsgCert(Intensive Care), BApp Sc (Nursing), GradCert (Sexual Reproductive Heath), GradDip(Wound Care), MACN1 1 Skin Integrity Clinical Nurse, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital   BACKGROUND: Despite multiple shared risk factors, prevention and management of iatrogenic skin injuries,...
  • January 24, 2017
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Sue Croft1 1Physiotherapist Highgate Hill, Brisbane   You can never do too many pelvic floor exercises…….or can you? Having an overactive pelvic floor can impact on voiding and defaecation throughout your lifespan, with implications from when parents first begin toilet...
  • January 24, 2017
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The life-long question of why helping others is so challenging will be addressed. We will look at what effects of helping others has on health professionals and discuss both positive/negative Coping Mechanisms we utilise in our lives. We will also...
  • January 9, 2017
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Professor Kerry Reid-Searl CQUniversity Australia   Background Muriel Moore is no ordinary woman. She is a retired matron who transforms the learning space for first year nursing students as she exposes her vulnerability and requires students to manage her incontinence...
  • December 20, 2016
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