StomaWorld.com

Nursing Care Of Patient With Colostomy News

Nursing school has a new take on role playing

Colorado State University-Pueblo's nursing department is piloting a new teaching technique that brings an incredibly life-like patient experience to students.

Nursing with empathy: Childhood cancer survivor beats odds, helps others

Although the odds were stacked against her that she would survive cancer as a 3-year-old, Joanna Burgess never let her illness stand in the way of realizing her dream of helping others.

Coming back stronger - Hindustan Times

Coming back stronger Hindustan Times "I was devastated when the nurse at a Polish military hospital broke the news. I ended up with a colostomy - one end of the large intestine is surgically taken out through the abdominal wall to drain stools into a bag - and slipped into deep, ... and more »

Health Notes: Offering health and wellness news in the area - Bridgeport News

Health Notes: Offering health and wellness news in the area Bridgeport News 19, 2 pm, Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, 40 Lindeman Drive, Trumbull. Meeting is open to anyone/significant others who has had/or will have an ostomy operation, such as colostomy, urostomy or ileostomy. Meetings are the third Sunday of the ... and more »

Nursing with empathy: Childhood cancer survivor beats odds, helps others - Glens Falls Post-Star

Nursing with empathy: Childhood cancer survivor beats odds, helps others Glens Falls Post-Star "Seeing the transformation when a patient goes from being withdrawn to, 'OK, I can learn to take care of (an ostomy bag),' is rewarding," she said. "(Winning the award) will globally and extensively get my story out." Great Comebacks is sponsored by ...