title: Stoma care is for specialist nurses.
abstract: I write in response to the letter from Sandra van Eeden (June 15). The two RCN Nursing Update units of I learning which related to stoma care did not set out to teach nurses 'all they need to know' about stomas. As the Nursing Standardsupplements indicate, their focus was on increasing knowledge and understanding, and managing and developing skills while working with stoma care specialist nurses.
authors.affiliation: (Continuing Education), Institute of Advanced Nursing Education Royal College of Nursing.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hinchliff