{"title":"Stoma care: a review of current practice.","authors":"Sarah Jane Palmer","doi":"10.12968/bjcn.2025.0053","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stoma care is a critical aspect of nursing that requires specialised knowledge and skills to ensure optimal health outcomes for patients with surgically created openings. Effective stoma care ensures the patient's physical wellbeing and contributes significantly to psychological adjustment to a life with a stoma. This article discusses the key elements of stoma care, including assessment, management strategies, complications and emotional support.</p>","PeriodicalId":35731,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Community Nursing","volume":"30 Sup4a","pages":"S8-S10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British Journal of Community Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2025.0053","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Stoma care is a critical aspect of nursing that requires specialised knowledge and skills to ensure optimal health outcomes for patients with surgically created openings. Effective stoma care ensures the patient's physical wellbeing and contributes significantly to psychological adjustment to a life with a stoma. This article discusses the key elements of stoma care, including assessment, management strategies, complications and emotional support.
期刊介绍:
British Journal of Community Nursing (BJCN) is the UK"s leading peer-reviewed journal for district nurses, containing the most up-to-date clinical coverage and research on primary care nursing. The journal promotes excellence in clinical practice with an emphasis on the sharing of expertise and innovation in district nursing. Articles are written by nurses from across the community nursing spectrum, and peer-reviewed by leading authorities in primary care to make sure that the journal addresses all aspects of the profession in a way that is relevant, intelligent and accessible, and so useful in daily practice.