Practical Approaches to Wound Healing: Effective Management of Chronic Wounds Seminar training classes conferences & workshops presented by Cross Country Education Seminars register for training on FindaSeminar.com

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PROGRAM DETAILS

Do you plan and provide care for patients with pressure sores or lower extremity wounds? Are you confused by the multitude of wound care product choices available today? Have you attended in-service programs sponsored by product companies that were merely disguised advertisements for their products? If you want practical, up-to-date information that will help your patients heal effectively, this program is for you.

From beginning to end, this workshop will provide you with information that you can use when you care for patients with pressure ulcers and wounds on the lower extremities (arterial, venous and diabetic). You will learn how wound care products work so that you can make appropriate choices. You will understand how to look for and alter causative factors that delay wound healing. You will learn how to deliver excellent care in a cost-effective manner. This frequently updated workshop is one that will answer all of your questions about wound management with the most current information.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Learn to develop an effective care plan for wound healing


• Differentiate between venous, arterial and diabetic wounds and how to effectively treat them


• Recognize and understand factors that impact wound healing


• Understand how to select and use products/technologies appropriately


• Learn the difference between avoidable and unavoidable pressure ulcers


• Get up-to-date information on the "state of the science" of would healing

 
• How to differentiate between avoidable/unavoidable pressure ulcers


• How to accurately assess and document wounds


• How to tell the difference between arterial, venous and diabetic lower extremity ulcers


• How to choose the appropriate care for patients with chronic wounds


• A simple systematic approach to wound care: from basic to advanced


• How to manage supply and personnel costs

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Beth Hawkins-Bradley, RN, MN, CWOCN, has been a certified wound, ostomy, continence (WOC) nurse since 1990. She has clinical experience in a variety of care settings including acute care, long-term care and outpatient rehabilitation. She currently operates Care on Call, a WOC consulting firm that provides clinical, education, legal consulting and contract case management services in the Columbia, South Carolina area. Her passion is making excellent wound ostomy and continence care simple and logical for every clinician.

In addition to her busy clinical practice, Beth has made several professional contributions. She has served as a Director on the Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Certification Board and has also served two terms on the Southeast Region Wound, Ostomy Continence Nurses Society. She has published clinical articles in the Journal of the WOC, Advances in Wound Care, Advances in Long Term Care, and other periodicals. She has served on policy development committees for her state board of nursing as well as the WOCN Society. She is a popular speaker and educator within her specialty around the U.S.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"This seminar was very informative. I can´t wait to get to work so I can share some of Beth´s findings with my colleagues. Thanks!" - Pam Hammond, Nurse, Warren, Michigan

"Beth is an amazing speaker--she made the material so interesting. It was well worth the trip!" - Sharon Tortarella, Nurse, Rhinebeck, New York

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• RNs


• LPNs


• Nurse Managers


• Nurse Practitioners


• Administrators


• Case Managers


• Physical Therapists


• Occupational Therapists


• Dietary Managers


• Dietitians


• Physicians


• Primary Nursing staff, QA and Infection Nurses in hospitals, acute care, long-term care, home health and clinic settings will greatly benefit from this informative patient care seminar

CREDITS

This seminar qualifies for 6 continuing education hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific filing requirements.

SEMINAR CLASS TIME:

Seminar Check-In 7:30 AM  Seminar Class 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Seminar Summary:

This continuing education workshop will provide you with the most up-to-date information that you can use in caring for patients with chronic wounds, including pressure and lower extremity ulcers (see full course description)

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