title: Continence care is every nurse's business.
abstract: Maintaining continence lies at the heart of a sense of adulthood and is essential to preserving dignity, a core and universal nursing value. This article explores the reasons why poor continence care was found at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the changes to the culture of the health service that led to it, and why it is so important for nurses to maintain patients' dignity. Recommendations for changing this culture in the future are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Glasgow Caledonian University/NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Continence Service.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Booth
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000451:nursing*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000451:nursing*