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2-Day Intensive Skin and Wound Care Course


Speaker:
Kim Saunders, MSN/ED, RN, CWON®, CFCN
Duration:
2 Full Days
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
LWC076855
Brochure Code:
PLW51414
Media Type:
Live Webcast

Dates
Schedule at a glance


Description

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

PROBLEM: It has been 7-14 days, and the wound has yet to heal >>> SOLUTION: Evaluate, identify, and treat a stalled wound before it becomes a larger issue

PROBLEM: Greater than 60% of non-healing wounds have been assigned the wrong etiology >>> SOLUTION: Interpret, send for diagnostics, and assess when to refer non-healing wounds

PROBLEM: A surgical wound has been open for over 4 weeks; now begins to act like a chronic wound >>> SOLUTION: Describe key pieces of what to look for in surgical wounds and treat appropriately

PROBLEM: A venous stasis ulcer is not meeting the following healing criteria: 30% in 4 weeks, 60% in 8 weeks, and 90% in 12 weeks >>> SOLUTION: Explain the healing pattern and explain the possibility of a mixed disease including PAD, lymphedema & lipedema

PROBLEM: A neuropathic ulcer isn’t healing by 50% in 4 weeks >>> SOLUTION: Describe the adjunctive therapies applicable to heal the ulcer (termed healing adequately) 

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 Questions

  • 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

Vasopressor Agents in the Critical Care

  • Relationship to Pressure Ulcers
  • Deep Tissue Injuries
  • Ultrasound & DTI
  • Classification of Gluteal Cleft & Buttock Wounds

Management of Wounds of Lower- Extremity Neuropathic Disease (LEND): Executive Summary

  • LEND Guideline Recommendations
  • Interventions for LEND Ulcers
  • Prevention & Education
  • Consider Adjunctive Treatments

Neonatal Care

  • Use of Leptospermum Honey
  • Pectin Barrier for Skin Injury
  • Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Wounds and Bacteria

  • Contamination, Colonization, Critical Colonization, Biofilm, Infection
  • STONEES & NERDS
  • Culture Standards: Levine Swab, Tissue, Aspiration, Bone

Surgical Wounds

  • Perspectives in Prevention & Treatment of
  • Surgical Site Infections
  • Superficial Incision SSI
  • Deep Incisional SSI
  • Organ/Space SSI

OBJECTIVES

After this intensive course you’ll be able to:

  1. Explain core assessment skills of the skin and wound.
  2. Describe wound presentation with appropriate wound product.
  3. Evaluate etiology of wound per location, clinical history, and wound characteristics.
  4. Predict expected work-up per wound etiology.
  5. Connect vasopressors & surgery to pressure ulcers.
  6. Formulate the recommendations for wound management guidelines for Lower-Extremity Neuropathic Disease (LEND).
  7. Implement strategies for prevention of hospital-acquired condition: surgical site infections.
  8. “STONEES & NERDS” – differentiate systemic vs. local wound infection.
  9. Manage neonate wounds through evidence-based research.
  10. Describe the updated guidelines for pressure injuries, lower extremity ulcers, and skin tears.
  11. Explain the healing pattern of a venous stasis ulcer and explain the possibility of a mixed disease.
  12. Describe the adjunctive therapies applicable to heal a pressure injury.

Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI, Inc., PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call 1-800-844-8260.

ADA Needs

PESI would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 800-844-8260.

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 12.6 contact hours.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17118 for 12.5 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 12.5 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 15.2 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 12.5 clock hours and 12.5 participant hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.


Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number #50-399. This course qualifies for 12.6 continuing education credits.

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Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

AOTA

PESI, Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. Provider #: 3322. Full attendance at this course qualifies for 12.5 contact hours or  CEUs in the Category of . Partial credit will be issued for partial attendance. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. Course Level: .


Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants

This activity consists of 12.5 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 12.5 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 12.5 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 12.5 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 15.2 contact hours. 


Physician Assistants

This program is not yet approved for CME credit. Conference organizers plan to request 12.5 hours of AAPA Category I CME credit from the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Total number of approved credits yet to be determined.


Other Professions

This activity qualifies for 12.5 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

Kim Saunders, MSN/ED, RN, CWON®, CFCN's Profile

Kim Saunders, MSN/ED, RN, CWON®, CFCN Related seminars and products

WOC Consulting, LLC


 

Kim Saunders, MSN/ED, RN, CWON®, CFCN, has extensive experiences as a wound, ostomy, and continence nurse across a variety of settings, including acute care, hospice, home health and skilled nursing facilities. As a respected expert in her field, Kim evolved her practice to be able to more fully share her insights as co-owner of WOC Consulting, LLC. In this role, she consults with healthcare systems on a variety of challenges that develop related to wound, ostomy, and incontinence-associated dermatitis. Some of the special projects her knowledge has been sought for include: guiding standardization of wound care formularies and pressure-relieving device selections, as well as a myriad of other processes to standardize and improve upon existing skin and wound care delivery. Her wound care experience goes beyond trouble-shooting the most challenging of patient wounds. It also includes expertise regarding the increasingly important ability to incorporate cost-effective care and reimbursement considerations at the bedside.

Kim is an active member of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society™ and the Advanced Wound Care Society. She has traveled the country extensively to deliver practice-changing wound care trainings to experienced healthcare professionals.  Kim is also the author of the Wound Care Pocket Guide: Clinical Reference, Second Edition (PESI, 2017).

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Kim Saunders is the owner of WOC Consulting. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Kim Saunders is a member of the Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse Society.  


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.


Target Audience

Nurses, Nursing Home Administrators, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists/Physical Therapist Assistants, Physician Assistants and other Healthcare Professionals.

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Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to: PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call 1-800-844-8260.

ADA Needs
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