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Live Webcast

Palliative Wound Care: Management of Complex and Unique Wound Challenges at the End of Life


Speaker:
Laurie Klipfel, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CDCES, WCC®
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
LWC077560
Brochure Code:
PLW60357
Media Type:
Live Webcast

Dates


Description

  • Solutions to your biggest challenges with complex wounds, fungating wounds, fistulas and chronic painful wounds
  • Dramatically increase your confidence in treating your patients’ wound pain
  • Differentiate between avoidable and unavoidable wounds
  • Documentation strategies to decrease your professional risks
  • Hands-on practice for various wound dressing types, aromatherapy samples, and topical homeopathic treatment options for wound care
  • Bonus Session: Learn how to prevent burnout, compassion fatigue and develop a personalized plan of self-care to increase your resiliency

Do you ever feel helpless and frustrated in caring for patients at end of life who suffer from horrific, unavoidable wounds? Have you ever been told there is nothing else you can do for a patient who is at end of life? That simply is NOT true! Maintaining hope, comfort and dignity is by far one of the most important things we can do for our patients in relieving their suffering. Wounds caused by cancer, vascular insufficiency or skin failure are overwhelming for patients and caregivers. This seminar will provide an in-depth approach to palliative wound care, exploring options to care for patients with chronic wounds, fistulas, fungating wounds and terminal Kennedy ulcers. You will become prepared to care for those patients suffering from challenging wounds at end of life with confidence, compassion and knowledge.

Wound pictures from actual patients will be shared and case studies will be discussed to drive home important points. You will learn based on the different etiologies and presentations, how to choose the best dressing, when debridement is appropriate and formulary creation that will be helpful to your organization. There will be “hands-on” opportunities to test out the different types of wound care dressings available, as well as the latest alternative homeopathic treatment options. This in-depth seminar is “useable” information that you can easily apply in caring for your most complex wound patients and quickly allows you to become a valuable resource for your team.

 

Credit


* Credit Note - *

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information: Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this live interactive webcast. This webcast is a broadcast of a live event. You will be able to type questions to the speaker. The speaker will see the questions and address them during the presentation as time allows. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether web based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

CE Information is based on 100% attendance.

 


Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Nurses in full attendance will earn 6.3 contact hours.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17118 for 6.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required. No partial contact hours will be issued for partial attendance. 


Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # FBN2858. This course qualifies for 6.0 contact hours. 

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Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Full attendance at this activity qualifies for 7.6 contact hours. Full attendance in the activity is required; no partial contact hours will be issued for partial attendance. These contact hours are used for your license renewal. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the webcast title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid for the webcast.


Nursing Home Administrators

This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and approved for 6.25 clock hours and 6.25 participant hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.


Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

This activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. This certificate is proof of your attendance. Please retain it in your records or use for submission as proof of completion when required.


California Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

California Physical Therapists

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California as an approval agency to approve providers. This course will qualify for 6.25 continuing competency hours.


Texas Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

This activity is provided by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider #2106032TX and meets continuing competence requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure renewal in Texas. This activity will provide 6.25 CCUs. The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.


Illinois Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

PESI, Inc. is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 216.000270. This course qualifies for 6.0 CE Credit Hours.


New York Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department, State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapy assistant continuing education. This course qualifies for 7.6 contact hours. 


Physician Assistants

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This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 6.25 hours of clinical Category I CME credit by the American Academy of Physician Assistant Review Panel. Physician assistants should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity. This program was planned in accordance with AAPA’s CME Standards for Live Programs and for Commercial Support of Live Programs.


Other Professions

This activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education minutes as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements. 



Handouts/Brochure

Speaker

Laurie Klipfel, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CDCES, WCC®'s Profile

Laurie Klipfel, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CDCES, WCC® Related seminars and products

VA-John Cochran St. Louis


Laurie Klipfel, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CDCES, WCC®, has been a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist for over 20 years managing both inpatient and outpatient care for patients with diabetes. She has managed several hospital ADA-recognized diabetes education programs, is a Board-Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner with a specialty in endocrinology, and has a certification in wound care.

Laurie is a member of the American Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists and past president of her local chapter. She is a certified insulin pump trainer and has published articles on use of insulin pumps for hospitalized patients. Her practical patient experiences, supported by clinical knowledge, provide a blend of information on how to treat diabetes today.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Laurie Klipfel has employment relationships with the VA-St. Louis and the Diabetes & Endocrinology Specialists, Inc. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Laurie Klipfel is a member of the St. Louis Nurses in Advanced Practice.


Additional Info

Access Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review. 


Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.


Outline

  • The Infected Wound
    • Contamination, Colonization and Infection
    • Optimal Culturing for an Infected Wound
    • Reducing Unnecessary Antibiotic Usage
    • Reducing Biofilms
  • Impact of Nutrition/Labs
    • Prealbumin vs. Albumin - and What to Do with the Results
    • Glycemic Control and Wound Healing
    • Ways to Enhance Nutritional Intake
  • Choosing a Debridement Method
    • Autolytic
    • Enzymatic
    • Mechanical
    • Conservative Sharp
    • Maggot Therapy
  • Wound Types and Etiologies
    • Pressure Ulcers and Staging
      • Pressure… Seeing the Tip of the Iceberg
      • Tools for Predicting Pressure Ulcer Risk
      • Early Detection of Deep Tissue Injury
      • Incontinences Associated Dermatitis vs. Pressure Ulcers
    • Venous Stasis Ulcers
      • Where is All This Fluid Coming From?
      • Lymphedema
      • Feeling the Squeeze… Different Degrees of Compression
    • Arterial Ulcers
      • Arterial Perfusion
      • Claudication and Rest Pain
      • Diagnostic Tests: Vascular Studies and ABIs
    • Diabetic/Neuropathic Ulcers
      • Assessing Sensation
      • Bad to the Bone… Osteomyelitis
    • Skin Tears/ Adhesive Injuries
      • Is it Partial or Full Thickness Loss?
      • Managing Xerosis with Products in Your Kitchen!
      • Moisturizing and Skin pH…
  • Time Out: Identify Wound Types Through Actual Patient Pictures
    • Making Sense of the Endless Dressing Options
      • Foams
      • Alginates and Hydrofiber
      • Hydrogels
      • Thin Films
      • Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
      • The Magic of Honey
      • Contact Layers
      • Alternative Homeopathic Approaches to Wound Care
  • Hands-On Intensive Interactive Session: Wound Products & Homeopathic Treatments
    • Management of End of Life Wounds
      • Managing Drainage
      • Bleeding and Use of Monsels Solution
      • Odor and Use of Metronidazole
      • Disfigurement and Loss of Being Touched
    • Skin Failure
      • How to Recognize It
      • How to Document It
      • How to Explain to Caregivers What’s Happening
    • Recognizing Atypical Wounds
      • Management of Fungating/Malignant Wounds
      • Calciphylaxis
      • Pyoderma Gangrenosum
      • Kennedy Ulcerations
      • Pruritis and Xerosis
  • Time Out: Management of Unavoidable Wounds & Actual Patient Scenario Discussion
    • Fistula Solutions
      • Containment of Effluent and Odor
      • Protecting Surrounding Tissue
      • Fistula Containment Management System: Hands-On Fistula Management Systems
    • Understanding Wound Pain and Treatment Options
      • What Type of Pain is it?
      • Reducing Pain with Dressing Changes/
      • Wound Care
      • Use of Topical Opioids for Wound Pain
    • Documentation Strategies for Unavoidable Wounds
      • Describing Patient Function and Charting Patient Decline
      • Documenting Prevention Strategies
      • Discussing Realistic Outcomes with Patient and Family
      • Avoiding Wound Care Litigation
    • Burnout vs. Compassion Fatigue
      • Identifying Your Own Stress and Anxiety
      • Seeing Suffering Every Day
      • How Stress & Guilt Affect Your Body
      • Developing Resilience
      • Maintaining a Sense of Hope
  • Life Balance Exercise: Building A Personal Resiliency Plan

 

Objectives

  1. Differentiate between various palliative-specific wound care treatment interventions.
  2. Choose the best strategies to manage drainage, odor, bleeding and wound pain.
  3. Evaluate atypical types of wounds and appropriate symptom management for each.
  4. Plan for management challenges that can present with complex fistulas.
  5. Prepare for the emotional and psychological effects of end of life wounds for patients and families.
  6. Appraise symptoms of stress/burnout/ compassion fatigue in your life.

Target Audience

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physical Therapists, Nursing Home Administrators

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