Core Skills required to provide state-of-the-art care to wound care patients. You’ll gain the tools necessary to overcome everyday frustrations and challenges associated with assessing and treating common wounds; this includes learning when and how to use wound care products. In Core Skills, you'll receive clinical tips and strategies derived from evidenced-based research and extensive clinical experience.

After this module, you’ll be able to:

• 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
• Differentiate systemic vs. local wound infection
• Describe the updated guidelines for skin tears
• Evaluate etiology of wound per location, clinical history, and wound characteristics

Through the use of wound care teaching models you will learn proper wound assessment techniques. The Hands-On Clinical Lab will add a live, hands-on component to learning that will enhance your retention of skills and techniques covered. Practice identification, measurement and the applications of various products on life-like wound care models. These models provide a life-like simulation to allow for improved assessment of a wide variety of commonly seen wound care presentations, including all stages of pressure ulcers, tissue types, undermining, tunneling, fissure and surgical dehiscence.

After watching these teaching models, you'll be able to:

• Distinguish at least 6 tissue types found in chronic wounds
• Identify and differentiate at least 4 wound etiologies
• Compare and contrast 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
• Identify 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

• 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

Wound Care Pocket Guide: Clinical Reference
Kim Saunders, MSN/ED, CWON®, CFCN

The Wound Care Pocket Guide: Clinical Reference is an essential resource for providing optimal wound care treatment. Color photos and graphs are highlighted with detailed guide points for solutions and trouble-shooting.

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