Full Course Description
Mastery Course in Wound Care: Intensive Training with Clinical Lab Demonstration
Intensive Skin and Wound Care Course: Core Skin & Wound Assessment & Treatment
Program Information
Outline
Wound Bed Terminology
- Epithelization & Granulation
- Slough & Eschar
- Tunneling & Undermining
- Proliferative & Non-Proliferative Wound Edges
Drainage Differentiation
- Sanguineous & Sero-sanguineous
- Serous & Purulent
- Lymph & Fistula
Systemic Considerations
- Aging
- Nutrition
- Steroids
- Vascular
Wound Products Determination by Wound Question
- Wet or Dry
- Flat or Depth
- Bacterial Concerns
- Protect from Incontinence
- Match Wound Etiology with Recommended Products
Core Assessment & Treatment per Etiology
- Arterial & Venous UPDATED GUIDELINES
- Pressure UPDATED GUIDELINES
- Moisture-Associated
- Shearing & Friction
- Neuropathic
- Surgical, Crush Injuries & Compartment Syndrome
- Skin Tear UPDATED TREATMENT GUIDELINES
- Microbial
- Classification of Gluteal Cleft & Buttock Wounds
​Wounds and Bacteria
- ​Contamination, Colonization, Critical
- Colonization, Biofilm, Infection
- STONEES & NERDS
- Culture Standards: Levine Swab, Tissue,
- Aspiration, Bone
Objectives
- Explain core assessment skills of the skin and wound.
- Describe wound presentation with appropriate wound product.
- Evaluate etiology of wound per location, clinical history, and wound characteristics.
- “STONEES & NERDS” – differentiate systemic vs. local wound infection.
- Describe the updated guidelines for skin tears.
- Evaluate etiology of wound per location, clinical history, and wound characteristics.
Target Audience
Athletic Trainers, Registered Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians, Nurses, Nursing Home Administrators, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists/Physical Therapist Assistants, Physician Assistants, and other Healthcare Professionals
Copyright :
03/23/2017
The Ultimate Hands-On Wound Care Clinical Lab
Program Information
Objectives
- Distinguish at least 6 tissue types found in chronic wounds.
- Catalogue and differentiate at least 4 wound etiologies.
- Analyze 6 terms used to document peri-wound status.
- Demonstrate accurate measurement and documentation of wounds, tunneling and undermining, according to the clock method, using a wound teaching model.
- Analyze and categorize at least 7 dressing types, including the indications for use, precautions and contraindications.
- Develop an appropriate dressing/ treatment protocol for a wound, based upon exudate, wound status, and products discussed.
Outline
Wound Bed Tissue Types: Presentation & Treatment
- Epithelial Tissue
- Granulation Tissue
- Healthy Granulation
- Hypergranulation
- Fibrin
- Scaffolding for granulation
- Characteristics of presentation
- Necrotic - When to remove, when to leave alone
- Slough - Devitalized, must be debrided
- Eschar - Devitalized
- Dry Gangrene - Necrosis/Tissue Demise
Wound Margin Issues and Strategies
- Epiboly - Rolled Edges
- Hyperkeratotic - Dry, Calloused Edges
- Jagged
- Epithelialization
- Peri-Wound Issues
- Macerated
- Desiccated
- Erythema
- Indurated
- Atrophic/Fibrotic
- Fluctuant
Characteristics of Common Wounds
- Phases of Healing
- Etiology, Appearance, Location, Exudates
- Arterial Insufficiency
- Venous Insufficiency
- Diabetic/Neuropathic
- Pressure Ulcers - Demystifying Staging
- Skin Tears
Hands-On Clinical Lab
- Using the latest in wound care model technology, participate in skill-based exercises in:
- Wound staging
- Tissue type identification
- Proper measuring techniques
- Tunneling/Undermining
- Wound care product awareness and application
HANDS-ON LAB
Wound Care Products
- Characteristics of Each Dressing Category
- Hydrogel, Hydrocolloid, Collagen
- Calcium Alginate/Hydrofiber
- Silver products, Foam, Honey
- Multi-layer compression
- Gauze/Composite
- Exudate determines dressing
Strategies to Select Primary Dressings for:
- Dry/Minimally Draining Wounds
- Hydrogel
- Oil emulsions
- Ringer's Lactate impregnated
- Combinations
- Moderate/Heavy/Copious drainage
- Alginates/Hydrofibers
- Topical Medications
- Critically Colonized/Infected Wounds
- Silver Dressings
- Silver Alginates/Hydrofibers, Hydrogels and Collagens
- Antimicrobial impregnated dressings
- Enzymatic debriders
- Cleansing agents and other topicals
- Proper Application and Cost Considerations
- Alternative Options and Substitutions
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Nurse Educators
- Physician Assistants
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
Copyright :
03/13/2019
The Ultimate HANDS-ON Wound Care Clinical Lab Demonstration
Program Information
Target Audience
Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Occupational Therapists/Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists/Physical Therapist Assistants
Objectives
- Demonstrate and identify an appropriate wound assessment
- Demonstrate accurate measurement of wounds and documentation of tunneling & undermining
- Discuss indications, implementation, precautions for each wound product category
- Establish a method for topical therapy triage using acronym DIWAMOPI to remember therapy triage goals
Outline
- Wound Assessment
- Distinguish tissue types: viable, non-viable
- Debridement options
- Hands-on demonstrations: measurements, tunneling & undermining, and staging of pressure ulcers
- Wound Products
- Identify categories for wound products and what is appropriate for the wound
- Hands-On demonstration of product examples
- Topical Triage
- Enhanced retention of skills with demonstration of proper wound dressing on various model-wound presentations
Copyright :
10/30/2015