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The Ultimate Hands-On Wound Care Clinical Lab
- Speaker:
- Joan Junkin, RN, MSN
- Duration:
- Full Day
- Copyright:
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Dec 04, 2017
- Publisher:
- PESI Inc.
- Product Code:
- RNV077510
- Media Type:
- DVD
Description
- Staging wounds & identifying tissue types
- Wound characteristics, indications & cost considerations for product selection
- Accurate measuring techniques
- Practical wound treatment strategies - for your most difficult wounds
- Actual wound models and sample products to practice new skills!
In healthcare facilities across the country, billions of dollars are being spent annually on skin care and wound management. You are on the front lines of providing care to patients with a variety of skin and wound conditions, and play a critical role in patient outcomes and your facility’s bottom line. There is no better way to learn new problem solving skills than through this Hands-On Clinical Lab. Attend this highly interactive seminar and learn wound care assessment skills by DOING!
Wound care educator and consultant, Joan Junkin, MSN, CNS, will teach you new strategies for wound assessment and interventions, using wound care teaching models and sample products. The Hands-On Clinical Lab will add a live, hands-on component to learning that will enhance your retention of skills and techniques covered. Practice identification, measurement and the applications of various products on realistic wound care models. These models provide a life-like simulation to allow for improved assessment and treatment of a wide variety of wound care presentations, including all stages of pressure ulcers, tissue types, undermining, tunneling, fissure and surgical dehiscence. Take your understanding of wound care to the next level with this hands-on, interactive clinical lab. Register today – space is limited!
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Speaker
Joan Junkin, RN, MSN Related seminars and products
Joan Junkin, RN, MSN, was introduced to wound care as a research analyst for the AHCPR (now AHRQ) panel that created the first ever pressure ulcer treatment guideline. After wound education and certification, she was the wound clinical nurse specialist for a 500-bed hospital and spent 10 years building an outpatient and inpatient program to improve wound outcomes. She conducted and published the first research documenting incontinence associated dermatitis prevalence in acute care and has published in several nursing and wound journals. Since 2008 she has devoted her time to teaching in 49 states and 5 provinces in Canada. This, along with her wound consulting business gives her a broad perspective. Joan is passionate about sharing essential information for healthcare providers with just enough humor to help navigate this challenging topic.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Joan Junkin is the owner of The Healing Touch, Inc. She receives a speaking honorarium from Sage, a Stryker company. Joan Junkin receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Joan Junkin is a member of the Association for Advancement of Wound Care.
Additional Info
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)Access never expires for this product.
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Outline
Wound Bed Tissue Types: Presentation & Treatment
- Epithelial Tissue
- Granulation Tissue
- Healthy Granulation
- Hypergranulation
- Necrotic - When and how to debride
- Slough - Moist, devitalized tissue
- Eschar - Dry devitalized tissue
Wound Margin Issues and Strategies
- Epiboly - Rolled edges
- Hyperkeratotic - Dry, calloused edges
- Undermined – Trauma or drying of wound bed
- Peri-wound signs of possible infection
- Erythema (redness) and heat
- Induration (hardened tissue)
- Fluctuance (mushy tissue)
Characteristics of Common Wounds
- Phases of healing: Normal vs. chronic
- Etiology, location, characteristics
- Arterial insufficiency
- Venous insufficiency
- Diabetic/Neuropathic
- Pressure ulcers - Demystifying the stages
- Using the latest in wound care model technology, participate in skill-based exercises in:
- Wound staging
- Tissue type identification
- Proper measuring techniques
- Tunneling/Undermining
- Wound care product awareness and application
Strategies to Select Dressings for:
- Dry/Minimally draining wounds
- Hydrogel
- Oil emulsion dressing
- Moistened gelling fiber
- Hydrocolloid
- Moderate draining wounds
- Alginate or gelling fiber
- Glycerin based hydrogel
- Traditional foam
- Heavy/copious drainage
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Moisture responsive dressings
- Super absorbent dressings
Strategies for Decreasing Bioburden
- Best cleansing
- Use of surfactants
- A new look at antiseptic cleansers
- Breaking biofilm
- Antiseptic dressings
- Silver
- Iodine complex
- Hyperosmolar (sugar, salt, honey)
- Methylene blue, gentian violet
- Dressings that trap exudate trap germs also
- Dressings that attract bacteria ionically
Tissue Based Products
- Autograft
- Allograft
- Cryopreserved
- Grown in vivo
- Acellular
- Xenograft
- Bovine
- Porcine
- Equine
- Marine
Objectives
- Distinguish between the various tissue types found in chronic wounds.
- Identify the actual cause of the wound to be able to implement the best healing/prevention strategies for the patient.
- Compare the most appropriate terms used to document peri-wound status.
- Demonstrate accurate measurement and documentation of wounds.
- Choose the best dressing type based on the specific wound presentation.
- Plan for wound healing as you practice new hands-on skills.
Target Audience
Nurses, Nursing Home Administrators, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists/Physical Therapist Assistants, Physician AssistantsReviews
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