New bowel dysfunction guidance

Published: 15 November 2012

The Royal College of Nursing has published guidance to help nursing staff understand the functions of the bowel and the need for appropriate assessment.

It provides guidance on how nurses can positively help patients with bowel disorders and maps out the wide range of skills required for specific aspects of bowel care, while helping to facilitate best practice.

This new edition provides a review of lower bowel dysfunction in adults, digital rectal examination (DRE) and guidance on the digital removal of faeces (DRF).

Download Management of Lower Bowel Dysfunction, Including DRE and DRF from www.rcn.org.uk/publications

Further information

This publication is supported by Coloplast and Skills for Health.