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BioMed Central Page 1 of 1 (page number not for citation purposes) Cerebrospinal Fluid Research Open Access Session report Long-term management of children with spina bifida: commentary on the nurses break-out session, June 26 th Emma Kelly Address: Dept. of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, 180 Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 6BE, UK Email: Emma Kelly - [email protected] The breakout session was aimed to be an informal net- working opportunity for nursing staff and other health care professionals, aiming to improve the care of children with spina bifida. The session went very well and the eval- uations were very positive. The first session was from Marie McGonnell, our local ASBAH advisor. She gave an outline of her invaluable role as a support for the families especially prenatally. Following coffee, Mary White gave a talk on catheterisa- tion in schools. This was very interesting and provoked a lot of discussion on how each centre managed their chil- dren with neuropathic bladders with regard to catheterisa- tion. Marie McGrogan (the Coloplast representative for Peris- teen), Laura Connolly and Emma Kelly gave a presenta- tion and case discussion on Peristeen rectal irrigation system. This preceded a discussion on the management of neuropathic bowels. To conclude the session, one of the senior Physiotherapists in RBHSC, Finola Beattie gave a presentation on how children with spina bifida are man- aged their physiotherapy and mobility. Finola had video footage of children in the gym which provided the nursing staff a great insight into the invaluable role of the physio- therapy. All in all, the session was very well received and provided a forum for discussion and learning. from 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida Belfast, UK. 24-27 June 2009 Published: 27 November 2009 Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009, 6(Suppl 2):S49 doi:10.1186/1743-8454-6-S2-S49 <supplement> <title> <p>53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida</p> </title> <note>Meeting abstracts - A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available <a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/files/pdf/1743-8454-6-S2-full.pdf">here</a>.</note> </supplement> This article is available from: http://www.cerebrospinalfluidresearch.com/content/6/S2/S49 © 2009 Kelly; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Research
Open AccessSession reportLong-term management of children with spina bifida: commentary on the nurses break-out session, June 26th
Emma Kelly
Address: Dept. of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, 180 Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 6BE, UK
Email: Emma Kelly - [email protected]
The breakout session was aimed to be an informal net-working opportunity for nursing staff and other healthcare professionals, aiming to improve the care of childrenwith spina bifida. The session went very well and the eval-uations were very positive. The first session was fromMarie McGonnell, our local ASBAH advisor. She gave anoutline of her invaluable role as a support for the familiesespecially prenatally.
Following coffee, Mary White gave a talk on catheterisa-tion in schools. This was very interesting and provoked alot of discussion on how each centre managed their chil-dren with neuropathic bladders with regard to catheterisa-tion.
Marie McGrogan (the Coloplast representative for Peris-teen), Laura Connolly and Emma Kelly gave a presenta-tion and case discussion on Peristeen rectal irrigationsystem. This preceded a discussion on the management ofneuropathic bowels. To conclude the session, one of thesenior Physiotherapists in RBHSC, Finola Beattie gave apresentation on how children with spina bifida are man-aged their physiotherapy and mobility. Finola had videofootage of children in the gym which provided the nursingstaff a great insight into the invaluable role of the physio-therapy. All in all, the session was very well received andprovided a forum for discussion and learning.
from 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina BifidaBelfast, UK. 24-27 June 2009
Published: 27 November 2009
Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009, 6(Suppl 2):S49 doi:10.1186/1743-8454-6-S2-S49
<supplement> <title> <p>53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida</p> </title> <note>Meeting abstracts - A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available <a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/files/pdf/1743-8454-6-S2-full.pdf">here</a>.</note> </supplement>
This article is available from: http://www.cerebrospinalfluidresearch.com/content/6/S2/S49
© 2009 Kelly; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
