2. Update of the expert standard “Promoting Continence in Care”

26.09.2023 13:01

The German Network for Quality Development in Nursing (DNQP) began the second update of the expert standard “Promoting Continence in Nursing” last year. The expert working group, consisting of 13 experts from nursing practice and science, under the scientific leadership of Prof. Dr. Daniela Hayder-Beichel (Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld) put the previously valid version of the expert standard for "promoting urinary continence in nursing" to the test and adapted the standard criteria and comments to the current state of knowledge. In addition, the expert standard was expanded to include the topic of fecal continence.

In accordance with the methodological approach for updating expert standards, this consultation version now gives interested people and organizations from nursing practice and science as well as other health professions the opportunity to comment and comment.

The draft of the updated expert standard, together with the preamble and the comments on the standard criteria as well as the current literature study, is available from September 25th to November 19th, 2023 and can be viewed via the following link: https://www.dnqp.de/konsultation/

Feedback and comments on this draft can be sent to Moritz Krebs from the scientific team by email ([email protected]) by November 19, 2023.

The incoming information is evaluated by the DNQP scientific team and the members of the expert working group and taken into account for the final processing of the updated expert standard.

The publication of the expert standard “Promoting Continence in Nursing, 2nd Update” is planned for early 2024.