Overview
Develop continence care knowledge and skills to improve patients’ lives
Designed especially for healthcare providers, our Nursing Concepts in Continence Care program takes a holistic approach in assessing and addressing incontinence.
- Developed in collaboration with the School of Nursing and McMaster Continuing Education
- Gain in-demand knowledge and skills of the best practices for preventing incontinence
- Manage or eliminate incontinence to enhance your patients’ quality of life
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Program highlights Learn More
- Taught by continence care experts
- Expand your healthcare skillset
- Earn a certificate of professional learning
Nursing Concepts in Continence Care program features:
- Weekly learning modules and online tutorials teach healthcare providers to assess, identify contributing factors and choose treatment recommendations
- Convenient online platform led by industry experts
- Network with health professionals across various disciplines

Learning outcomes Learn More
- Understanding of normal bladder and bowel functions
- Adopting a holistic approach to assessing continence
- Managing continence care with the latest methods and strategies
Through our Nursing Concepts in Continence Care program, you’ll learn to:
- Integrate knowledge into clinical reasoning and nursing judgments that inform and guide a holistic approach to assessing and managing bladder and bowel continence care
- Identify contributing factors and underlying medical conditions to incontinence and apply appropriate nursing interventions
- Gain in-depth knowledge of behavioural and educational interventions used in the management of incontinence
- Integrate nursing research (evidence-informed decision making) as the basis of practice where applicable
- Provide rationale for nursing-specific interventions using scientific knowledge
- Understand the impact of incontinence on the client’s well-being and quality of life
- Apply the assessment and management of bladder and bowel continence care in a professional clinical setting
Learn more about the Nursing Concepts in Continence Care program
Licensed healthcare professionals (e.g., RPN, LPN, RN, NP, PT, OT, SW) working to make a difference in the way incontinence is addressed in the following settings:
- Acute care
- Geriatric
- Rehabilitation
- Long-term care
- Urology
- Urogynecology
- Primary Care and other settings
Earning a Certificate of Professional Learning in Nursing Concepts in Continence Care will benefit all healthcare providers, including:
- Nurses
- Social Workers
- Occupational Therapists
Check out our latest Health Program Preview webinar to learn more about the Nursing Concepts in Continence Care program
What Our Recent Graduates Say
“The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work.”
The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work. Our field in data is continuously changing. I found that sweet balance in terms of the focus of the course. It’s a life cycle of how the data is coming in all the way to make it a service or a product. The course gives you that 360 spectrum.
Zaki
Big Data graduate

Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate
“I wanted to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that.”
I wanted to be able to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that because of McMaster Continuing Education. Being a nurse, there are so many different avenues of nursing that I can try new things and continue to learn. The instructors were really understanding. When you’re working full-time, having someone that will promptly answer your questions and make time for you when you need it, they made it really easy.
Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate

Tracy
Project Management graduate
“I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative.”
I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative. I was introduced to new ideas and new skills. Because of that, I’ve had new opportunities in my career. McMaster Continuing Education is the best place to take professional development courses. The programs fit into your life.
Tracy
Project Management graduate
“The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work.”
The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work. Our field in data is continuously changing. I found that sweet balance in terms of the focus of the course. It’s a life cycle of how the data is coming in all the way to make it a service or a product. The course gives you that 360 spectrum.
Zaki
Big Data graduate
“I wanted to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that.”
I wanted to be able to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that because of McMaster Continuing Education. Being a nurse, there are so many different avenues of nursing that I can try new things and continue to learn. The instructors were really understanding. When you’re working full-time, having someone that will promptly answer your questions and make time for you when you need it, they made it really easy.
Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate
“I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative.”
I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative. I was introduced to new ideas and new skills. Because of that, I’ve had new opportunities in my career. McMaster Continuing Education is the best place to take professional development courses. The programs fit into your life.
Tracy
Project Management graduate
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Certificate in Nursing Concepts in Continence Care
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Certificate of Professional Learning in Nursing Concepts in Continence Care
Earn the Certificate of Professional Learning in Nursing Concepts in Continence Care by completing all 3 courses listed below.
Certificate of Professional Learning in Nursing Concepts in Continence Care Requirements
The Nursing Concepts in Continence Care program is designed for licensed healthcare providers (e.g., RPN, LPN, RN, NP, Physio, OT, SW).
All registrants must meet the basic requirements below:
- Have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent
- Be a mature student as defined in the Undergraduate Calendar of McMaster University or be deemed an exceptional case
- A background in health or related fields (RPN, LPN, RN, NP, Physio, OT, SW) and have proof of registration with a professional healthcare licensing body
Note: Students must be accepted into the program before enrolling into courses. Please visit our Admission and Application Requirement page for complete details.
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