Full Course Description

Wound Care Certification

Fully prepare to pass the wound care certification exam and get certified! This comprehensive, proven wound care certification prep course offers the knowledge needed to pass the CWCN, CWS and WCC exams.

Skin and Wound Assessment
Dressing and Treatment Options
Wound Care in Special Populations
Mechanical Injuries & Top Down Damage
Prevention of Pressure Injuries & Therapeutic Surfaces
Lower Extremity Wounds
Complications & Special Considerations

This unique presentation includes pictures and case scenarios that will make this information “stick” in your memory. You will learn about the latest wound assessment principles along with strategies for proper assessment in various clinical settings. Understand how to differentiate etiology, complications and symptoms of wound stagnation by clinical presentation. Gain the ability to critically analyze multiple treatment options for each type of wound presentation. You’ll also get valuable test-taking strategies and tips that are certain to aid in your quest for success on the wound care certification exam!

Program Information

Outline

Assessment
- Anatomy & Physiology of the Skin
- Wound Healing Principles
- Assessment of the Patient with a Wound
- Principle of Wound Management
- Patient & Caregiver Education Principles
- Nutrition Assessment
Treatment
- Principles of Topical Therapy
- Wound Cleansing & Dressing Selection
- Wound Debridement Guidelines
- Wound Infection
- Refractory Wounds
Wounds in Special Populations
- Neonates/Pediatric Patients
- Geriatrics
- Bariatrics
- Spinal Cord Injury
Mechanical Injuries & Top Down Damage
Pressure/Shearing
Prevention of Pressure Injuries & Therapeutic Surfaces
Lower Extremity Wounds
- Venous Insufficiency, Lymphedema
- Arterial Disease
- Neuropathic Disease
- Differential Assessment
- Foot and Nail Care
Special Considerations & Complications
- Infectious Process
- Dermatology Related
- Thermal Wounds
- Traumatic & Surgical Wounds
- Palliative Wounds
- Fistula & Tube Management

Objectives

Assess skin clues regarding wound etiology.
Evaluate patients with compromised nutritional status.
Determine the differences between healing, maintenance, and comfort wound goals.
Analyze bacteria characteristics, loads, and indications for systemic antibiotics.
Prioritize treatment strategies for refractory wounds.
Distinguish between lymphedema, lipedema, and venous insufficiency edema.
Differentiate assessment/treatment for stasis dermatitis, atrophie blanche, lipodermatosclerosis.
Measure level of compression to ankle-brachial index
Establish management guidelines for Stevens-Johnson syndrome & toxic epidermal necrolysis.
Consider the phenomena of Pressure Injuries in the Critically Ill Patient
Specify key considerations in the management of traumatic wounds
Incorporate guidelines for prevention & management of surgical wound complications

Target Audience

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physical Therapists