Heidi Huddleston Cross will provide you with the latest assessment, prevention and treatment strategies for skin and wound care. She will discuss wound and skin assessment, wound bed preparation and debridement, as well as the best skin care products and practices for cleansing, moisturizing, and protection.
Heidi Huddleston Cross – Skin & Wound Care
Description:
Course Description:
Pressure ulcers and other wound and skin issues are a major cause of morbidity, mortality, regulatory scrutiny and lawsuits. They are a hot topic in any health care arena. Facilities are seeing greater scrutiny and penalties for failure to deliver evidence-based and up-to-date wound and skin care, and the need to have a well-educated and trained staff.
Heidi Huddleston Cross will provide you with the latest assessment, prevention and treatment strategies for skin and wound care. She will discuss wound and skin assessment, wound bed preparation and debridement, as well as the best skin care products and practices for cleansing, moisturizing, and protection.
This seminar is geared toward busy health care professionals interested in expanding their overall understanding of skin and wound care, and improving the quality of care for their patients. Heidi is a sought-after presenter, and is sure to bring your knowledge and skill to a new level, with improved outcomes and decreased costs. Plan to attend this important one-day educational event!
Objectives:
Discuss evidence-based practice, identifying guidelines.
Identify factors that affect wound healing.
Describe the essential components of wound and skin assessment, including pressure ulcer staging.
Explain evidence-based skin and wound care, and dressings and treatments.
Compare the different types of wound debridement.
Discuss venous, arterial, and diabetic ulcers.
Examine palliative and regulatory issues.
Program Outline:
Overview of Evidence-based Skin & Wound Care Practices
Guidelines
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
Skin: A Vital Organ
Skin functions and anatomy
Geriatric skin
K eeping skin healthy
Wound Assessment: When Things Go Wrong
Phases of wound healing
Acute vs. chronic wounds
Prevention of skin issues, particularly pressure ulcers
Wound Assessment: A Very Good Place to Start
Thorough history and physical
Identify risk factors
Contributory risk factors: intrinsic and extrinsic
Location, location, location
Dimensions
Undermining/tunneling
Wound bed
Wound margins
Exudate
Peri-wound tissue
Is that wound infected?
MRSA
Osteomyelitis
Wound Dressings and Treatment
Moist wound healing
Dressing types
Silver and other antimicrobial dressings
Negative pressure therapy
Nutrition
Loading and support
Wound Bed Preparation and Debridement
Autolytic
Enzymatic
Mechanical
Conservative sharp
Surgical
Yikes! Maggots . . .
Types of Wounds: Know Thine Enemy
Pressure ulcers and staging
Incontinence associated dermatitis
Venous stasis ulcers
Lymphedema
Lower extremity arterial disease
Lower extremity neuropathic disease
Skin tears/adhesive injuries
Palliative Care and Regulatory Issues
Palliative care: when enough is enough
Acute care: Present on Admission (POA) codes
Long Term Care: MDS 3.0
Home care: OASIS-C
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