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Enterostomal Therapy Nursing becomes Nurses Specialized in Wound Ostomy and Continence You’re a what-now? When Enterostomal Therapy (ET) started, it was people with ostomies being trained to help other people with ostomies. The word enterostomal means an opening in the digestive system. An Enterostomal Therapist is someone who works with digestive stomas. Over time, Enterostomal [...]
Yet another example of ostomy ingenuity... One of the things that makes people with an ostomy super heroes is their amazing capacity for modification, personalization and the invention of the solution to their own problems. There are lots of ostomy-related products that are the result of someone developing the solution to the thing that bothered [...]
Do you need a vitamin B12 supplement? Some people with an ileostomy or ileal conduit (urostomy) may experience a decrease in their level of vitamin B12. This is because the part of the small intestine that absorbs vitamin B12 may be removed from the digestive system during surgery. People with short bowel and people with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's [...]
What matters to you? The BC Patient Safety & Quality Council (BCPSQC) is collecting stories and feedback about what matters to patients in BC. Whether you had a positive or negative experience, this group wants to hear about it. Who is the BCPSQC? From their website: "In 2008 the British Columbia Patient Safety & Quality [...]
Our review of Just'a Drop Ostomy in the Inside Tract If you haven't visited badgut.org, it's probably worth a look. The Gastrointestinal Society and the Canadian Society of Intestinal Research maintain this website full of useful information about the digestive system. They also publish the Inside Tract newsletter which contains great articles about gastrointestinal diseases and disorders, [...]
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