This course discusses surgical site infections; risk factors for their development that are related to the patient, the surgery and the hospital environment and best practice interventions in pre, intra ...
Skin tears are the most frequent injury among hospitalized patients over age 65. They are traumatic injuries that can become chronic wounds if left untreated or managed inappropriately. Accurate identification ...
This course introduces modern principles of wound dressing selection, complications that arise when the wrong dressing is chosen and the cost of those complications. The different dressing categories ...
Diabetics are at increased risk for delayed healing. This course details the impact of high glucose levels on the healing process and compares normal and diabetic wound healing. The nurse’s role in wound ...
The management of wounds is much more complex when complicated by bioburden and infection which can result in a wound becoming chronic. Learn how infection develops, how chronic wounds function differently ...
As many as 10-15% of diabetics will develop a foot ulcer, leading to a greatly increased risk for repeated hospitalizations, amputations, morbidity and mortality. Best practice guidelines and evidence-based ...
There are many different types of wounds and treatment approaches. An understanding of wound etiology, management and of wound care products is essential to effective treatment planning and optimized outcomes. ...
An understand the physiologic cascade of events essential to wound healing is critical in order to treat chronic wounds. This advanced level course will discuss the cellular and molecular basis of normal ...
Skin is often unappreciated as the first line of defense against injury and its integrity as a protective barrier is often threatened. This dramatically visual course will assist in developing strategies ...
This course will assist learners to build and sustain an empowered skin and wound team. Coordinated care delivery and multi-disciplinary team collaboration to prevent and treat skin injury and improve ...
This course focuses on methods of turning and positioning that improve safety for both the patient and the caregiver. Threats to the patient from pressure, shear and friction, preventive intervention ...
This course utilizes best practice guidelines to help program managers in the on-going refinement of facility-wide pressure injury prevention programming required to sustain reduced pressure injury incidence. ...
Despite a multitude of pressure injury prevention initiatives over many years, pressure injury incidence in acute care has not been reduced thus the burden on the patients, hospitals, and healthcare systems ...
This course will focus on pressure injury/ulcer staging and best practices for management that are essential to improve patient outcomes. #Courses #Science #Nursing #Pressure-Injury-Prevention ...
This course focuses on threats to skin integrity in the Medical-Surgical environments, including hospital-acquired pressure injuries, skin tears and medical adhesive-related skin damage. Patient and ...
Pressure injury lawsuits based in negligence against the care provider and the facility are the most frequently litigated medical malpractice claim. This course presents the basics of a medical malpractice ...
Patient and ICU environmental risk factors for hospital-acquired pressure injury are the focus of this course. The biggest challenges such as immobility, medical device related pressure ulcers/ injuries, ...
Pressure injury and threats to skin integrity occur throughout the hospital. In this course, clinical champions present safety risks in the ED, Perioperative, Critical Care, Pediatric and Medical-Surgical ...
This course focuses on the design and development of quality improvement projects to address gaps in current and desired performance. The core steps of QI, along with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement ...
This activity focuses on the impact of moisture and pressure on skin integrity and the differentiating characteristics of incontinence associated dermatitis (IAD) and pressure injury. Interactive scenarios ...
Pressure injury and threats to skin integrity occur throughout the hospital. Clinical champions present safety risks in the ED, Perioperative, Critical Care, Pediatric and Medical-Surgical Environments, ...
Skin is often unappreciated as the first line of defense against injury. Many factors threaten its integrity as a protective barrier. This dramatically visual course will assist the healthcare professional ...
Surgical patients are vulnerable to skin damage from pressure and shear. This course presents International and AORN pressure injury guidelines regarding perioperative-related and surgical patient risks, ...
Threats to skin integrity in the Pediatric and Neonatal environments including hospital-acquired pressure injuries, epidermal stripping and surgical site infections are the focus of this course .. Challenging ...