Resources

Have you heard about CLP Continence? It’s a dedicated platform, where we empower nurses specialising in continence care to become clinical leaders in their field. Our Clinical Leadership Programme is an educational resource designed to elevate your expertise and advance your career.

Find out about a recently launched guide for catheter users providing comprehensive information about the different types of catheters, their uses, and the latest innovations in technology.

Rectal cancer is common in the UK, affecting about 12,000 people each year. This article examines surgical treatment and likely subsequent problems with bowel function. It outlines how nurses can assist with simple interventions and what to do next if these do not work.  

Continence is not a life-threatening condition but does affect an individual’s quality of life and the lives of their family and carers. This article explores the most common types of bladder and bowel problems and how to improve patient care. It looks at the prevalence of conditions, different types of continence issues, how they can affect quality of life and the complications that can occur when poorly managed. 

Diagnosing and managing lower urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women aged 65 years and over is important to ensure their health and wellbeing. This article explores how to diagnose lower UTI, considering alternative diagnoses especially in older adults. It also looks at how to manage and treat uncomplicated lower UTI and provides guidance on recurrent UTI.

In the second of a two-part series, Ann Yates concentrates on the multiple causes/risks of faecal incontinence, the knowledge and skills required to complete a basic assessment and initiate conservative therapies, including the role of medication and pelvic floor rehabilitation, and also discusses management options for faecal incontinence. 

This article is based on published research, together with the practical experience of healthcare professionals at the Complex Wound Clinic in North West London. The aim is to highlight the importance of considering skin tone when managing IAD.   

Genitourinary syndrome of the menopause is an umbrella term to more accurately describe a range of vulvovaginal and lower urinary tract symptoms related predominately to low oestrogen levels. Here, Sue Thomas, advanced nurse practitioner, discusses the complications that can arise.  

Faecal incontinence is the term describing the inability to control the bowels. This can include the uncontrolled passage of solid or liquid stool or of flatus (wind) through the anal canal. It is recognised as a symptom rather than diagnosis and is the result of complex interactions of many contributing factors. This series of two articles will look at this taboo condition, how it affects quality of life, highlight the anatomy and physiology which affects bowel control and then discuss conditions and contributing factors that make individuals prone to the symptoms of faecal incontinence. 

A frequent side-effect of chronic coughing is urinary incontinence (UI) — mainly stress urinary incontinence. Although quite prevalent within this cohort of individuals, there seems to be little professional knowledge with regards to interventions to prevent or treat UI. This article looks at the causes of chronic coughing and how it impacts on UI.