RCN bladder and bowel learning resource.

• This resource is designed to help you support people who have incontinence or bowel and bladder problems.
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Royal College of Nursing (2024) Bladder and bowel in childbirth. 2nd ed. London: RCN.

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Royal College of Nursing (2023) Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment. London: RCN.

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Bhal N H and Patel-Gardia R (2024) Postnatal bladder care guideline. NHS Wales.

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Bladder and Bowel Community: NICE help and information.

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Block B, Hamid R, Hentzen C et al. (2026) EAU guidelines on neuro-urology. European Association of Urology.

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DRIPP (Device-Related Infection Prevention Practice): Urinary catheter resources.

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Geng V, Lurvink H, Pearce I and Lauridsen S V (2024) Evidence-based guidelines for best practice in urological health care indwelling catheterisation in adults: urethral and suprapubic. European Association of Urology Nurses.

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Lauridsen Vahr S, Chagani S, Daniels A, et al. (2024) Evidence-based guidelines for best practice in urological health care urethral intermittent catheterisation in adults including urethral intermittent dilatation. European Association of Urology Nurses.

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NHS England: Urinary catheter tools.

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018) Faecal incontinence in adults: management. CG49.

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2025) Intermittent urethral catheters for chronic incomplete bladder emptying in adults: late-stage assessment. HTE28.

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2021) Pelvic floor dysfunction: prevention and non-surgical management. NG210.

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Pelvic Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapists (2025) UK clinical guideline for best practice in the use of vaginal pessaries for pelvic organ prolapse.

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We would like to thank the RCN Bladder and Bowel member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Cameron A P (2022) Female urinary incontinence. Cham: Springer International.

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Dökmeci F and Rizk D E (2022) Insights into incontinence and the pelvic floor. Cham: Springer International.

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Heesakkers J, Chapple C, De Ridder D and Farag F (2016) Practical functional urology. Cham: Springer International.

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Pang K H, Osman N I, Catto J W F and Chapple C R (2021) Basic urological sciences. CRC Press.

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Rantell A (2021) Sexual function and pelvic floor dysfunction: a guide for nurses and allied health professionals. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

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Reynard J and Biers S M (eds) (2025) Oxford handbook of urology. 5th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Santoro G A, Wieczorek A P and Sultan A H (eds) (2021) Pelvic floor disorders: a multidisciplinary textbook. 2nd edn. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

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Thomas N and Noble H (eds) (2024) Renal nursing: care and management of people with kidney disease. 6th edn. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Faecal incontinence
• Urinary incontinence
• Urology

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• Catheter care
• Continence care
• Faecal incontinence
• Incontinence assessment
• Urinary incontinence

Journals of interest for continence care. Use these links to see details of availability.

• Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal
• Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing
• Urologic Nursing