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Continuing Education: CE Provider Unit Courses: Accredited CE – Wound Care
Accredited CE – Wound Care

Wound care is usually considered more an art than a science, with multiple layers of complexity. KCI’s wound care education programs are designed to support clinicians’ efforts to navigate through the labyrinth of information on wound types, assessment, care planning, interventions, products and outcomes management.
 
 
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1.  Assessment and Documentation of Pressure Ulcers      Objectives:
  • Discuss the layers of the skin
  • List the items to be assessed and documented when evaluating an existing pressure ulcer
  • Define the NPUAP staging system for pressure ulcers                                                                                        

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).

2.  Etiology and Interventions of Pressure Ulcers
     Objectives:

  • Define the key etiology factors in pressure  ulcer formation
  • Discuss specific interventions for each causative factor
  • Discuss contributing factors to pressure ulcer formation                                                                                      

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).

3.  Wound Assessment
     Objectives:

  • Discuss classification systems for pressure ulcers, venous,  arterial and diabetic wounds
  • List at least five items to be assessed and documented when evaluating an existing wound (acute & chronic)           

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).

4.  Operating Room Acquired Pressure Ulcers
     Objectives:

  • Discuss the etiology of pressure ulcers - pressure, shear, friction, moisture &  heat
  • List the positions used in surgical procedures and sites at risk for pressure ulcer development
  • Describe interventions to prevent, limit tissue destruction &/or treat operating room acquired pressure ulcers.

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).

5.  AHRQ (AHCPR): Treatment of Pressure Ulcers 
     Objectives:

  • List four debridement methods
  • Discuss the wound cleaning and infection control procedures recommended by the AHRQ treatment guidelines
  • List and discuss the four criteria for choosing a pressure ulcer dressing
  • List adjunctive therapies and operative repair for pressure ulcers

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).

6.  Wound Healing Process 
     Objectives:
  • Describe the physiologic events involved in the wound healing process
  • Discuss the impact selected factors will have on wound healing
  • List new trends in wound healing therapies

(Accredited for 1.0 Contact Hour (ANCC) and CA, 1 CEU for CMCN renewal requirements by the ABMCN, 1.0 Clock Hour (CCMC) and/or 0.1 CEU (TPTA) ).