Managing the high output stoma is a challenge for the patient, the family and the nurse. If the stoma is poorly managed, it can lead to local and systemic complications. In this episode of WOCTalk, Dr. Mary Arnold Long reviews the causes and consequences of a high output stomas, as demonstrated in her past educational session, “Slowing the Flow: Dietary, Fluid & Medication Management of the Patient with a High Output Stoma”.

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Speaker Bio

Dr. Mary Arnold Long DNP, CRRN, CWOCN-AP, ACNS-BC

Mary has served the Regional and National Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyTM (WOCN®) in many roles. In 2005, she was awarded the College of Mount St. Joseph Alumni Leadership Award. In 2008, she received the MidEast Region WOCN “CWOCN Nurse of the Year” award. In 2015, she was honored with a “Palmetto Gold” award, recognizing her as one of the 100 best nurses in South Carolina. In 2017, she was recognized as an Oak Hills High School Distinguished Alumnus. She practices full scope WOC Nursing inpatient and has an ostomy outpatient practice, at Roper Hospital in Charleston, SC.