Bladder and Bowel
Use this guide to find information resources about bladder and bowel care including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
14/06/2024
Key Resources
RCN bladder and bowel learning resource.
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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 (2021) Bladder and bowel care in child birth. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2019) Catheter care: RCN guidance for healthcare professionals. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2020) Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment. London: RCN.
International Continence Society (2019) ICS 2019 standards: The 2019 compilation of the International Continence Society standardisations, consensus statements, educational modules, terminology and fundamentals documents, with the international consultation on incontinence algorithms. Bristol: ICS.
NHS England (2018) Excellence in continence care. London: NHS: England
We would like to thank the RCN Bladder and Bowel member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.
Books
Badlani G (2015) Minimally invasive therapy for urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. New York: Humann Press.
Reynard J, Brewster S F, Biers S and Neal N L (2019) Oxford handbook of urology. 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bo K, Berghmands B and Morkved S (2015) Evidence-based therapy for the pelvic floor: bridging science and clinical practice. 2nd edn. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Cameron A P (2022) Female urinary incontinence. Cham: Springer International.
Dökmeci F and Rizk D E (2022) Insights into incontinence and the pelvic floor. Cham: Springer International.
Pang K H, Osman N I, Catto J W F and Chapple C R (2021) Basic urological sciences. CRC Press.
Rantell A (2021) Sexual function and pelvic floor dysfunction: a guide for nurses and allied health professionals. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Thomas N (2019) Renal nursing: care and management of people with kidney disease. 5th edn. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell.
Corcos J, MacDiarmid S and Heesakkers J (2015) Overactive bladder: practical management. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Hashim H and Dasgupta P (2017) Urology at a glance. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell.
Heesakkers J, Chapple C, De Ridder D and Farag F (2016) Practical functional urology. Cham: Springer International.
Jones T (2015) Crash course: renal and urinary system. Edinburgh: Mosby Elsevier.
Padoa A and Rosenbaum T Y (2016) The overactive pelvic floor. Cham: Springer.
Book subject searches
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Journal articles
Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.
Journals
Journals of interest for continence care. Use these links to see details of availability.
Alan Chalkley
Editor of this guide
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Upcoming events relating to this subject guide
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15 Nov 2024
London
RCN Bladder and Bowel Forum Conference 2024
Early bird offer (15% discount) available until 9 Aug – available online and via telephone/booking form
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