title: The development of an accredited bowel-management course.
abstract: Bowel management--particularly digital rectal examination (DRE) and the manual removal of faeces--has been a contentious issue for some time. In the past few years this has been brought to the fore by a number of cases of professional misconduct by nurses.
authors.affiliation: Royal West Sussex NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chivers
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Broadbridge
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jarvis
authors.forename: Katrina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Orchard
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003248:Constipation / Q000451:nursing*; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008318:Malpractice; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D015397:Program Evaluation