Advance Your Continence Care Knowledge. Support Patient Dignity and Independence.
Continence concerns can affect comfort, skin health, daily activities, and confidence. Effective care begins with a thorough assessment, an understanding of contributing factors, and a plan that reflects the patient’s needs and goals.
Network4Learning’s Comprehensive Continence Care Education for the CCCN® Experiential Pathway is a 50-hour online program designed to strengthen your knowledge of urinary and bowel continence care and support preparation for the Certified Continence Care Nurse (CCCN®) examination.
Explore assessment, conservative interventions, treatment considerations, and patient education through structured lessons and knowledge assessments—all in a flexible, self-paced format.
Comprehensive Education in Urinary and Bowel Continence Care
Continence care requires more than managing symptoms. Clinicians must consider anatomy, underlying conditions, medications, mobility, cognition, access to toileting, and the patient’s ability to participate in care.
This course connects those factors with clinical decision-making. Develop a more organized approach to identifying concerns, evaluating management options, supporting self-care, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team.
What You Will Learn
The course provides focused education in:
- Anatomy and physiology: Urinary and gastrointestinal structures and the mechanisms involved in continence.
- Continence assessment: Patient history, symptom patterns, functional abilities, and contributing factors.
- Urinary dysfunction: Types of urinary incontinence, voiding concerns, and management considerations.
- Bowel dysfunction: Fecal incontinence, constipation, and factors affecting bowel function.
- Diagnostic considerations: The role of assessment tools and diagnostic findings in care planning.
- Conservative interventions: Behavioral approaches, toileting strategies, lifestyle considerations, and pelvic floor rehabilitation concepts.
- Treatment strategies: Clinical considerations related to medications, devices, procedures, and referral.
- Skin protection: Prevention and management principles for moisture-associated skin damage.
- Patient and caregiver education: Individualized teaching that supports participation, dignity, and independence.
- Professional practice: Documentation, outcome evaluation, and interdisciplinary coordination.
Who Should Take This Course?
This program is designed for nurses pursuing CCCN® certification through the WOCNCB® Experiential Pathway and clinicians seeking comprehensive education in continence care.
It is particularly relevant to nurses who:
- Assess and manage urinary or bowel continence concerns.
- Care for patients in acute care, rehabilitation, long-term care, home health, or outpatient settings.
- Want to strengthen individualized care planning and patient teaching.
- Seek a structured review of continence nursing concepts.
- Need continence-specific continuing education for their professional goals.
Flexible Online Learning—50 Contact Hours
Build your expertise around your professional and personal commitments.
- 50 contact hours of continence-focused continuing education.
- Self-paced online lessons that organize complex topics into a structured learning sequence.
- Knowledge assessments to reinforce concepts and identify areas for additional review.
- A certificate of completion documenting 50 contact hours after successful completion of all required course activities.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, learners will be better prepared to:
- Explain the anatomical and physiological mechanisms involved in urinary and bowel continence.
- Apply a systematic approach to assessment of continence concerns and contributing factors.
- Differentiate common patterns of urinary and bowel dysfunction.
- Evaluate conservative interventions and treatment considerations within their professional scope.
- Incorporate skin protection, functional abilities, and patient preferences into care planning.
- Develop individualized education for patients and caregivers.
- Evaluate outcomes and identify when reassessment, consultation, or referral is needed.
- Apply continence care knowledge to clinical scenarios and certification examination preparation.
Supporting Your CCCN® Certification Goals
This course is designed to support the continence-specific continuing education component of the WOCNCB® Experiential Pathway and provide a structured resource for CCCN® examination preparation.
Candidates must also meet the certification board’s applicable requirements for professional licensure, academic preparation, specialty practice experience, documentation, and application.
Completion of this course does not independently establish examination eligibility or confer CCCN® certification. WOCNCB® determines whether a candidate’s education and experience satisfy its requirements.
Review the current WOCNCB® eligibility requirements before applying.
Independent Educational Program, Trademark and Copyright Notice
This course is independently developed and offered by Network4Learning, Inc. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or administered by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB®).
CCCN® and WOCNCB® are registered trademarks of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board. References to these names identify the examination and credential relevant to this course’s educational purpose. Their use does not imply an official relationship or approval of the program.
WOCNCB® retains ownership of its copyrighted publications, examination outlines, and examination materials. Network4Learning claims no ownership of those materials. References to certification topics describe the scope of this independently developed course and do not grant permission to reproduce or distribute copyrighted materials.
The Network4Learning certificate documents successful completion of this educational program. WOCNCB® alone awards the CCCN® credential. Course enrollment or completion does not guarantee application acceptance, examination eligibility, or examination success.
Take the Next Step in Your Continence Care Education
Strengthen your assessment skills, deepen your understanding of management options, and build the knowledge to support compassionate, individualized continence care.
Begin your 50-hour Comprehensive Continence Care Education course today.