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

• Integrate knowledge of bladder and bowel function into clinical reasoning and nursing judgments that inform and guide a holistic approach to the assessment and management of bladder and bowel continence care
• Identify contribut?ing factors and underlying medical conditions to incontinence and apply appropriate nursing interventions
• ??Demonstrate 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