| Placement Title | The Bladder and Bowel Service |
| Trust | NCA Rochdale |
| Placement Contact | Abbie Kershaw – Send Email |
| Placement Contact Role | Service Lead |
| Placement Contact Job Description | Second and third year students- will need to have had catheterisation training |
| Placement Address | The Croft Shifa Health Centre Belfield Road Rochdale OL16 2UP |
| Placement City/Town | Rochdale |
| Placement Phone | 0161 763 8525 |
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What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Shadowing specialist nurses within HMR community
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Monday-Friday 08:30 – 17:00
Patient care situations
Bladder and Bowel patients vary from stoma care, continence, rectal/ colostomy irrigation, ISC, TWOC service, specialist advice to wider community. Teaching and presentations- students will be shadowing a specialist nurse
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Self-management – Core assessment – activities of daily living
Core Clinical Skills
Core Clinical Skills
Clinical observations
Male and female catheterisation
Teaching self-catheterisation
Stoma care
Continence assessment
Moisture associated skin damage
Additional Clinical Skills
Learning Resources
Lots of online material
Company reps
NICE guidance
ASCN guidance
RCN guidance
Research Development Activities
Multi-cath research study currently in progress
Spoke placements
Within INT teams & TVN
Additional information
Student welcome pack available