Treating Pressure Injuries and Chronic Wounds
Course #34574 - $30 -
- Participation Instructions
- Review the course material online or in print.
- Complete the course evaluation.
- Review your Transcript to view and print your Certificate of Completion. Your date of completion will be the date (Pacific Time) the course was electronically submitted for credit, with no exceptions. Partial credit is not available.
Implementation of early, state-of-the-art treatment is the key to effectively treating pressure injuries and chronic wounds. However, this treatment must be holistic in its approach and take into consideration the patient's medical condition and the patient's/family's long-term goals. In this team effort, nursing staff of all levels play an important and decisive role in pressure injury treatment. This course will discuss how nurses can treat various types of pressure injuries and wounds effectively and completely and will provide the information necessary to respond to patient and/or family queries about treatments used in wound care.
- INTRODUCTION
- AN OVERVIEW OF PRESSURE INJURIES
- PATIENT ASSESSMENT
- WOUND ASSESSMENT
- AN OVERVIEW OF WOUND HEALING
- WOUND CLEANING
- PAIN MANAGEMENT
- WOUND DEBRIDEMENT
- WOUND DRESSINGS
- WOUND MONITORING
- PREVENTION OF PRESSURE INJURIES
- PROGNOSIS
- CONCLUSION
- RESOURCES
- Works Cited
- Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations Citations
This course is designed for nurses in all care settings who may care for patients with pressure injuries or chronic wounds.
The purpose of this course is to provide nurses with information about the process of wound healing and interventions that may advance or hinder it in order to support the use of evidence-based practice and improve patient health.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe pressure injuries and ulcers and how they develop.
- Accurately identify pressure injury stages.
- List key points of patient history and physical examination, and describe how the different body systems impact pressure injury development and healing.
- Perform a comprehensive wound assessment.
- Discuss the stages of wound healing.
- Describe the different approaches to wound debridement and cleansing.
- List the different types of dressing materials available for wound care.
- Outline the necessary components of evaluating and monitoring wound healing.
Maryam Mamou, BSN, RN, CRRN, CWOCN, is an Irish-trained RN who has lived and worked in the United States for 20 years. During her career, she has completed a BSN and went on to become a certified rehabilitation nurse, a certified life care planner, and more recently a certified wound ostomy and continence nurse. She is a graduate of the wound ostomy and continence program at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and is nationally certified in these areas.
Ms. Mamou has worked in various rehabilitation settings and has first-hand experience of how pressure ulcers impact patients' recovery and quality of life. She has held positions as staff nurse, unit coordinator, educator, and director of nursing in home health care. She has been involved in developing and implementing several staff education programs in a variety of settings. She was most recently employed as a wound ostomy and continence nurse at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama.
Contributing faculty, Maryam Mamou, BSN, RN, CRRN, CWOCN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
Mary Franks, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
The division planner has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
Sarah Campbell
The Director of Development and Academic Affairs has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
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