This Education Program is presented by Continuum Services.

Continuum Services, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This program is assigned approval code 6P2LJZ-PRV-0614 and has been awarded 7.2 contact hours.

Date: Not scheduled yet.

Time: 08:30AM  - 04:30PM

Location: Philips Beth Israel School of Nursing, 776 6th Ave. @ 27th Street 3rd floor NY, NY 10001 

Contact Hours: 7.2

Course Description: 

Ostomy care has evolved as we have developed more and more evidence based approaches to holistic care for these patients. This program will offer the nurse an opportunity to hone assessment skills, identify evidence based principles of ostomy and tube management ,with the plan to improve patient outcomes.

Purpose: The purpose of this educational offerring is to provide the nurse with a knowledge base to provide evidence- based nursing care for patients with Ostomies, Fistulas, and Tubes across the continuum of care.

Objectives: On completion of this learning program the participant will be able to:

• Identify the key assessment parameters when considering a pouching system.
• Identify the principles and concepts of stoma management.
• Discuss the main psychosocial concerns of patients with living with ostomies, draining fistulas, and drains / tubes.
• Identify and describe the management of common peristomal and stomal complications.
• Discuss complications and management of tubes such as enteral feeding tubes, percutaneous biliary and nephrostomy tubes.
• Describe the management of patients with enterocutaneous fistulas.

Faculty:

Jane Ellen Barr, RN, MSN, ANP, CWOCN

Jane Barr is an internationally and nationally known wound care specialist who has presented and published on a variety of wound care topics. She is a member of advisory boards for Wound Management and teaches at the Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing as an Associate Professor with specialty in wound, ostomy and continence related health problems. Her dynamic style promotes critical thinking and encourages practice based on evidence from research.

Payment Options:  

Phone: Call 212-614-6177 or 6175 to register with check or money order. 

Fax: Click on downloadable brochure (pdf) to mail or fax to us with payment information.

Fax #: 212-614-6109

Online: Click on Register button to pay by your credit card.