Healthy Bowel and Bladder and Quality of Life-Redding

Healthy Bowel and Bladder Habits

and Quality of Life

March 26, 2015*

Guest Speaker: Linda Henrich, Registered Nurse,

Associate Professor of Nursing, Simpson University

Topics covered will include:

– Identifying problems for our consumers

– General anatomy and physiology of bowel/gastrointestinal and urinary tract systems

– Common bowel related diagnoses

– Common urinary tract diagnoses

– Signs and symptoms

– Prevention of bowel and bladder problems which can lead to hospitalizations, surgeries, and even threaten the lives of consumers

– Conditions that make a person more vulnerable to these problems

– Potential medical interventions

– Common terms

– Common medications

Time: 9:00 a.m. to noon (Sign-in starts at 8:30)

Location: Northern Valley Catholic Social Services

2400 Washington Ave., Redding, CA

Cost: $10.00 per person

CEU’s: 3 Title 17 CEU’s

*If you are unable to attend this date, this training is also being offered in Chico on March 3, 2015. For more information go to the training section at www.farnorthernrc.org.

Presented by Far Northern Regional Center