BEST PRACTICE IN SKIN AND WOUND CARE

February 22, 2024

The maintenance of skin health, along with the prompt identification and treatment of skin injuries is more important now than ever. Attend this fast-paced day to explore evidence-based wound care principles, hone your knowledge of topical wound care products, and reinforce the nomenclature that is required in contemporary practice. Practice with case studies to ensure knowledge acquisition and leave with practical tips for improving skin assessment. Learn about specific issues impacting patients across the lifespan, from neonatal to geriatric.

Target Audience

Nurses

Learning Objectives

  • Recall key concepts regarding wound care practice.
  • Describe how to prevent, recognize and manage infections
  • Discuss how a patient’s pigmentation impacts risk for pressure injuries
  • Identify moisture as an etiologic factor in skin breakdown and discuss management and treatment options for incontinence associated dermatitis, intertriginous dermatitis and peristomal moisture associated skin damage
  • Discuss the importance of detailed EHR notes and the federal requirements for documentation
  • Recognize factors in the wound status that drive dressing selection and compare properties of various topical products used in wound therapy.
  • Describe the holistic and and systematic approach for evaluating and removing barriers to the healing process
  • Discuss strategies for skin and pressure injury prevention.
  • Describe the different levels of clinical evidence that inform wound care practice.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.50 ANCC
  • 6.50 Attendance
Registration Opens: 
02/27/2024
Registration Expires: 
02/21/2026
Activity Starts: 
02/22/2024 - 7:00am EST
Activity Ends: 
02/22/2024 - 4:15pm EST
Rating: 
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Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP, FAAN

Stephanie Yates, MSN, Rn, ANP-BC, CWOCN

ANCC

Available Credit

  • 6.50 ANCC
  • 6.50 Attendance
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