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Wound care is more complex than it's ever been.
And as the patient population with chronic wounds grows and the evidence changes, the journey to healing is often long and arduous.
But not for you and your patients.
Join us for the Wound Care Certification Summit and master the latest wound care techniques, so you can offer patients faster healing and better outcomes.
At this live online summit, you'll get intensive training with 11 leading wound care experts, including Laura Swoboda, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, Mark Hinkes, DPM, Laurie Klipfel, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CDCES, WCC®, and more!
In just 2 days you'll discover the latest evidence and clinical insights you can use to tackle the most stubborn and hard-to-heal wounds, from chronic pressure injuries to diabetic foot ulcers.
PLUS: You'll be eligible to earn your credentials as a Certified Wound Care Professional (CWCP)* through Evergreen Certifications — at no additional cost. By becoming a CWCP, you distinguish yourself as an expert with a commitment to the highest standards in wound care. Evergreen Certification demonstrates that you have the expertise to provide a consistent level of high-quality wound care. Display you certification with pride!
Here's a sneak peek at what you'll learn:- Strategies to create a comprehensive wound care plan for all types of wounds
- How to break the cycle of chronic wound degradation — and finally heal wounds!
- Essential interventions to reduce needless amputation
- Key skills in palliative wound care for when the focus changes from healing to comfort
- Simple steps that will help you master differential diagnosis
- How to confidentially choose the appropriate dressing as the wound condition changes
- When adding telehealth services can improve your patient outcomes
If you want to heal wounds faster, feel more confident at the bedside, and give your patients the best possible care, this comprehensive 2-day Summit is for you.
Wound Care Certification Summit
- 2-day conference event, designed to advance your abilities to the next level!
- Presented by multi-disciplinary clinical wound experts
- Earn up to 25.5 CE Hours
- Guidelines from WOCN, NPIAP, ACWHTR, ADA, and more
- Save $100 when you register by 11/28/2023
- Developed for: RNs, NPs/APRNs, PAs, PTs, DOs, MDs, and anyone desiring next-level skills wound care skills!
- FREE BONUS!! $299.99 Value! Earn your certification as a Certified Wound Care Professional (CWCP)*!
- 2-day LIVE online event
- Opportunity for Q&A with faculty
- Earn up to 25.5 CE hours... immediately after the event
- Online access available for 30 days afterwards*
- Watch the sessions at your own pace and schedule
- Earn up to 25.5 self-study CE hours
- Unlimited access to all conference sessions
- Unlimited access to all handouts
Wound Care Certification Summit
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM CT

- Value of having access to scarce wound and ostomy specialists
- Improved the quality of care resulting from… accurate identification of wound etiologies and pressure injury staging, and evidence-based treatment plans to increase healing times, decrease hospital readmissions, etc.
- Improved patient quality of life in terms of reduction in pain, amputations, infections & sepsis
- Lower the cost of care deriving from lower supply costs, increased clinical staff productivity, etc.
- Key components of a virtual wound care program:
- Technology
- Regulatory compliance
- Operational processes — virtual assessments, treatment recommendations, etc.
- Success metrics
- Benefits and challenges of virtual wound care:
- Value of virtual wound care - validated studies and personal experience
- Virtual wound care practice challenges
- Case studies to understand the patient and clinician journeys with virtual wound care in different care settings — Home Health Care, Skilled Nursing, Facility, and Hospital at Home

- Current health statistics to understand the impact of pressure injuries on patients and the healthcare system
- National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel's (NPIAP) most current pressure injury stages and terminology
- NPIAP staging guidelines with photo examples
- Evolution of deep tissue injuries
- Identifying patients at risk for pressure injuries across the various care settings
- Identifying skin failure and how it leads to the development of pressure injuries
- Various risk assessment tools in identifying risks for PIs
- Prevention and management tools/strategies
- Support surfaces — reviewing the different bed options
- Offloading devices; turning support and offloading heels and other bony prominences
- Wheelchair support surfaces
Social Detriments, Chronic Disease, and Medications Impact on Wound Healing
- Diseases that wound healing
- Cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, liver, oncological, dermatological
- Diseases that cause immunodeficiencies
- How immunodeficiency affects rate of healing
- How immunodeficiency increases risks for unrecognized wound infections
- Obesity and wound healing
- Medications and wound healing
- Discussion on the most common medications that affect wound healing
- Psychosocial factors and wound healing
- Patient's health literacy levels
- Access to healthcare
- Access to basic needs; nutritious food, clean environment, etc.
- Adherence to treatment plans

- Diabetes and Foot Ulcers
- Why and how do the comorbid conditions develop?
- Risk factors for developing a foot ulcer
- Tips and approaches for A1c test... finger stick vs. CGM monitor... what does the data mean?
- Primary Care Provider
- Role in evaluating and managing the diabetic foot
- Guiding principles of care for people with or at risk for developing diabetes
- Business model of medicine... development and management of comorbid diabetic conditions with a focus on the diabetic foot
- Patient Stratification
- Prediabetes/Type 1/Type 2
- Reversing and preventing prediabetes... risk factors for type1 and type 2 diabetes
- Insulin resistance as a precursor to type 2 diabetes... and how to reverse it
- International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) Criteria
- IWGDF risk stratification scheme
- Why categorize patients into one of the four risk groups?
- Preventing “category creep”
- DFU and Amputation
- Causes of DFU and the relationship between DFU and amputations
- Charcot foot
- Neuropathy, Loss of protective sensation (LOPS), PAD, traumatic triggering events, and pedal deformities
- Diabetic Foot Exam... Value of the IWGDF foot exam and the components of the exam
- Prevention of DFU, Amputations and Risk Mitigation
- Future of ulcer and amputation prevention
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT

- Considerations for advanced therapy selection
- Healing process stages
- Wound and periwound tissue assessment
- Wound type
- Insurance considerations
- Principles of advanced therapy usage
- Wound bed preparation
- Mechanism of action and usage of advanced wound therapy
- Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)
- Transcutaneous and hyperbaric oxygen
- Grafts and matrices
- Autologous treatments
- Energy therapies
- Limitations of advanced wound therapies
- Research gaps
- Assessment considerations for debridement
- Tissue types
- Conditions and disease states
- Skin pathophysiology
- Biophysical indications for debridement
- Biofilm
- Bioburden
- Healing cascade
- Benefits, limitations, and usage of multiple debridement modalities
- Sharp
- Conservative sharp
- Mechanical
- Enzymatic
- Biologic
- Chemical
- Autolytic debridement
- Case compendium of debridement accomplished utilizing multiple methods

- Why need for palliative care is increasing
- Benefits of using a team approach
- Limited mobility, incontinence, decreased immune function
- Malnutrition (weight loss, low serum albumin and hemoglobin levels, dehydration)
- Decrease tissue perfusion (hypotension and hypoxia) and loss of skin integrity
- Pain control
- Management of drainage, odor, itching, and bleeding
- Prevention of infection/sepsis
- Improved energy/sense of wellbeing
- Body image/feelings of disgust or shame
- Depression/grief, social isolation, loss of control, loss of sexuality, and fear
- Decreased quality of life and restricted activity
- Financial concerns
- Spiritual issues
- Sleep disturbance
- Budget/reimbursement issues in a changing economy
- Ethical issues and patient advocacy
- Recognizing compassion fatigue and understanding its impact on the ability to care
- Warning signs of burnout/compassion fatigue/stress
- Management... mindfulness, sleep hygiene, nutrition and self-care

- Impact of macronutrients in each stage of wound healing
- Impact of micronutrients in each stage of wound healing
- Definition
- Impact on the overall process of wound healing
- Screening for malnutrition
- Nutrition recommendations
- Supplements — when to initiate
- Foods to avoid
- Patient education
Wound Care Certification Summit
- Discover how to assess for infection and biofilm
- Work through challenging chronic wounds
- Determine when palliative wound care is the best approach
- Up-to-date wound care medication management
- Explore the BEST and NEWEST dressing and wound supplies
- Expand your practice with telehealth: Improving wound care outcomes
Wound Care Certification Summit
(a $669.93 value!)
- Different types of dressings
- Uses of each type of dressing
- Appropriate dressing based on the wound assessment
- Dressing Types
- Advantages of each dressing type
- Disadvantages of each dressing type
- Recommendations of wound dressings based on case studies
- Anatomy and physiology of the skin as they relate to skin function
- Review wound healing process
- List and describe types of tissue damage
- Describe where wounds become stalled
- Age specific changes in skin and skin function
- Considerations of skin changes and wound/ tissue types
- Components and findings of wound assessment
- How to measure a wound
- Tissue types
- Periwound
- Drainage
- Wound edges
- Wound types
- Review atypical ulcers
- Prevalence and incidence
- Definition
- Review typical and atypical wound assessment findings
- Tissue types
- Edges
- Types of atypical wounds
- Review clinical presentation and treatment of a subset of atypical wounds
- Calcinosis cutis
- Infectious ulcers
- Cancerous lesions
- State of Chronic Wounds today
- Pop Aging
- Social Determinants- causal factors, relationship to risk factors, and chronic wounds
- Pressure Injuries, Lower Extremity Arterial, Venous Ulcers, Neuropathic, other
- Med-centric vs. Patient-Centered care
- Healing — what it takes
- Pathways of care by wound type
- Patient story with photos
- Determining goals of care
- Team Collaboration
- Who are the players?
- Game Rules
- Other drivers of care (wound literacy, perception, regulation, litigation)
- Implementation and Behavior Change
- Stages of Change
- Social Cognitive Theory
- Emotional impact of wounds
- Metrics that matter
- Assessment and Diagnostic Tools
- Loss of protective sensation
- Semmes- Weinstein 5.07 monofilament
- 128hz tuning fork
- Capillary refill
- ABI
- Managing the Diabetic Foot
- L.E.A.P
- Callus management
- Footwear
- Assessment of Bacterial Burden
- Signs of infection
- Silent infection
- Quantitative tissue biopsy
- Wound cultures
- Proper wound cleansing
- Orthopedic Assessment
- X-ray
- Osteolysis
- Charcot foot
- Osteomyelitis
- Therapy Modalities
- Getting the right dressing
- Offloading interventions/devices
- High and low-frequency ultrasound
- Pulsed lavage/jet ox
- Hyperbaric oxygen
- Topical/transcutaneous oxygen
- Electric Stimulation (HVPG)
- MIRE
- Wound Vac
- Morbidity and mortality issues regarding lower extremity ulcer
- Differentiate between venous leg ulcers arterial ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers
- Pain experiences in different types of lower extremity ulcers
- Noninvasive vascular studies: arterial dopplers, ABIs, TBIs, venous dopplers
- Current classification schemes and management for venous leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers
- CEAP model. Wagner and UTHSCSA classifications, Fontaine classification
- Compression modalities: indications and contraindications
- Identification and management of infection
- Debridement indications and types of debridement
- Offloading techniques and indications
- Evaluate surgical interventions for leg ulcers and indications for surgical consultation
- When to refer for surgical evaluation
- Podiatric surgical interventions
- Vascular/endovascular interventions
- Lymphedema pumps
- Investigate emerging technologies in leg ulcer management
- Use of allografts, xenografts
- Perfusion assessment/fluorescence angiography
- Moleculight
- Welcome & Overview
- You will learn:
- How to market your business with impact
- Understand 2 strategies to increase referrals
- 3 ways to differentiate your business from all the rest
- How I Grew My Hospice To $3M With Just A $6K Investment
- What I Wanted To Avoid
- What I Wanted To Achieve
- Be a beacon to everyone in need of end-of-life care information & resources
- Get past the gatekeeper and educate nurses in MD offices, case managers in hospitals, and more
- Become a value-added partner and not just another face asking for a referral
- Get referrals WITHOUT asking
- Become the only logical choice in providers of your service
- Community Education/Engagement
- Connect with your CLIENTS where they are
- Educate NOCs (naturally occurring groups)
- Get new potential clients asking for you by name
- The BIG Lessons I Learned
- Investing in partner relationships FIRST yields BIG rewards
- The community is hungry for knowledge & resources & will act on meaningful information
- When you do what you say you will do…and then some - everyone becomes your champion
- Service from the heart combined with clinical excellence & transformational customer service will win every single time
Wound Care Certification Summit

Step 1: Complete the training.
Step 2: Complete the CE tests and instantly print your certificates of completion.
Step 3: Complete the certification exam and submit your application included in this training to Evergreen Certifications and we'll cover the cost of your certification*.
*Professional and clinical experience standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/CWCP.
We partner with Evergreen Certifications to include certification with some of our products. When you purchase such a product, we may disclose your information to Evergreen Certifications for purposes of providing services directly to you or to contact you regarding relevant offers.
- Clinical expertise: Show patients, colleagues, and employers your practice is based on leading-edge research in this complex area of wound care.
- Patient trust: Certification shows your clients you care about providing the best care possible. It reveals your professional ability to take on challenging clients and succeed!
- Documentation of knowledge: Certification is both a professional and personal accomplishment. It's an unbiased barometer of your training and dedication to your practice.
- Professional recognition: Set yourself apart from the thousands of clinicians relying on outdated methods to treat their patient. Increase your opportunities for career advancement.
Wound Care Certification Summit
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