Increasing nurses' engagement with stoma care training: digital approaches using simulation and e-learning

Patients with a stoma require support from multidisciplinary teams. However, there are often misconceptions about the care these individuals need and who is responsible for providing this. Healthcare professionals need a good understanding of stoma care and be able to support these patients. Stoma nurses are clinical nurse specialists, responsible for the long-term care of patients with a stoma. Part of this role is to educate members of the multidisciplinary team across primary, secondary and community care. This article describes a quality improvement project implemented by the authors to enhance nursing skills in a hospital setting, to ensure that patients with a stoma are well supported at this very vulnerable stage of their journey. This involved the implementation of enhanced training for ward nurses, including the use of digital technology and simulation learning.